According to the
Long War Journal, which follows US anti-terror developments, as of mid-2011, drone strikes in Pakistan since 2006 had killed 2,018 militants and 138 civilians.
[4] The
New America Foundation stated in mid-2011 that from 2004 to 2011, 80% of the 2,551 people killed in the strikes were militants. The Foundation stated that 95% of those killed in 2010 were militants and that, as of 2012, 15% of the total people killed by drone strikes were either known civilians or unknown.
[5] The Foundation also states that in 2012 the rate of known civilian and unknown casualties was 2 percent, whereas the
Bureau of Investigative Journalism say the rate of civilian casualties for 2012 is 9 percent.
[6] The Bureau, based on extensive research in mid-2011, claims that at least 385 civilians were among the dead, including more than 160 children.
[7] The
Obama administration estimated in June 2016 that US drone strikes under Obama had killed 64 individuals conclusively determined to be non-combatants, in addition to 52 individuals whose status remained in doubt.
[8]
It has been reported that 160 children have died from UAV-launched attacks in Pakistan
[9] and that over 1,000 civilians have been injured.
[10] Moreover, additional reporting has found that known militant leaders have constituted only 2 percent of all drone-related fatalities.
[11] These sources run counter to the Obama administration's claim that "nearly for the past year there hasn't been a single collateral death" due to UAV-based attacks.
[12]
The
New America Foundation estimates that for the period 2004-2011, the non-militant fatality rate was approximately 20%.
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