Articles Tagged “CIA-directed drone strikes”

  • Obama: End CIA-Directed Drone Strikes Now

    by Ralph E. Stone on Feb 12, 2013 | 5 Comments

    Drone strikes have dramatically increased under the Obama administration. As of September 2012, Obama has authorized 238 drone strikes in Pakistan, six times more than during President George W. Bush’s eight years in office, resulting in between 1,494 and 2,618 estimated deaths with only about 13 percent of them of a militant leader.

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