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32% civilian death rate in drone attacks on pakistani soil?

Boingboing writes:

“Our study shows that the 114 reported drone strikes in northwest Pakistan, including 18 in 2010, from 2004 to the present have killed approximately between 834 and 1,216 individuals, of whom around 549 to 849 were described as militants in reliable press accounts, about 2/3 of total on average. Thus, the true civilian fatality [...]

Afghanistan and Pilger's

Jeg har lest siste kapittel i Pilger’s “Freedom next time”. Det er som mye annet han skriver, tankevekkende stoff. Mye er nok litt skjevt behandler, men en trenger litt motvekt mot alt det vanlige og vedtatte.

I behandlingen av Afghanistan, så forfølger Pilger to spor; (i) hvordan vi som vestmakter er vesentlig ansvarlig for at motstandsstyrkene [...]