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‘Surgical Precision’: 1 out of every 3 killed by U.S. drone in Pakistan is a civilian
February 27th, 2010 by The Editor

32% of those individuals obliterated in northwestern Pakistan by U.S. drones over the past 6 years have been civilians, according to a recent report by the New America Foundation which compiled and analyzed the results of 114 drone strikes that killed over 1,000 people.

Drone strikes: an unpopular but necessary evil

Contemplating the mind-numbing percentage of civilian casualties, it comes as no shock that these unmanned flying death squads are somewhat unpopular among the Pakistani public, with only 9% approving of the Predator strikes, according to a August 2009 Gallup poll. It is also not surprising that, in the same poll, 59% of participants said they believed the U.S. was the greatest threat to Pakistan’s national security. India placed second with 18% of the vote while the Pakistani Taliban came in third with an 11% tally.

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