Monday, October 21, 2013

UN report claims US drone strikes have killed more than publicly stated

[JURIST] A recent report [text, PDF] made public by the UN Friday indicates that the US is under-reporting the number of civilian deaths resulting from anti-terrorism drone strikes [JURIST backgrounder]. In his investigation, UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson [official website] discovered 33 drone attacks that have resulted in approximately 450 civilian deaths in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen. While more information must be obtained to confirm these figures, the UN report claims a lack of transparency on the part of US...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/10/un-report-claims-us-drone-strikes-have-killed-more-than-publicly-stated.php

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