drone-warfare

Let's Stop Killing People for 'Probably' Being Up to No Good

Max Read ยท 06/01/12 10:50AM

Since 2002, America has been killing people โ€” terrorists, or, at least, people that American intelligence believes are terrorists โ€” with missiles shot out of Predator drones, mostly in Pakistan, but also in Yemen and Somalia. They're precise, but only up to a point; anyone nearby is likely to die as well. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism places the number of civilian deaths between 500 and 1000.