Larry Lewis, a researcher with the
Center for Naval Analyses, a group that does contract research for the U.S. Military, claims in a new study that drones are responsible for 10 times more civilian casualties than strikes from manned aircraft in the War in Afghanistan.
Lewis based his research on several independent investigations that claim the occurrence of civilian casualties when the U.S. has reported no evidence of a civilian death.
Obama has
authorized 193 drone strikes in Pakistan – four times the amount authorized by George W. Bush. According to
Global Research, over the past four years, Obama has authorized attacks in Pakistan which have killed more than 800 innocent civilians and just 22 Al-Qaeda officers.
That constitutes at least 36 civilians per target.
How many of those are children? A new
study compiled from
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism lays it bare:
A List Of Children Killed By Drone Strikes In Pakistan and Yemen