TAKEPLACE: CIA DRONE ATTACKS HIGH IN QUANTITY LACKING IN QUALITY

Sunday, February 20, 2011

CIA DRONE ATTACKS HIGH IN QUANTITY LACKING IN QUALITY

CIA drone attacks in Pakistan killed at least 581 militants last year, according to independent estimates. The number of those militants noteworthy enough to appear on a U.S. list of most-wanted terrorists: two.

Despite a major escalation in the number of unmanned Predator strikes being carried out under the Obama administration, data from government and independent sources indicate that the number of high-ranking militants being killed as a result has either slipped or barely increased. TWP

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