07.12.2012, 00:19
Wer weiß, wer weiß... :wink:
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Zitat:DOUBTS ABOUT DRONES<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.yementimes.com/en/1631/opinion/1705/Doubts-about-drones.htm">http://www.yementimes.com/en/1631/opini ... drones.htm</a><!-- m -->
Published on 6 December 2012 in Opinion
Doyle McManus – L.A. Times / Nation.com.pk / First published Dec. 2 (author)
When President Obama came to office in 2009, it didn’t take his new administration long to settle on a favorite anti-terrorist tactic: drone strikes.
In his first three years in office, the number of drone strikes against targets in Pakistan and Yemen increased dramatically, from 35 in 2008 to 121 in 2010, before dropping back to 79 so far this year, according to the Long War Journal, a website that has attempted to keep track of reported strikes.
The number of people killed by the strikes – Al-Qaeda terrorists but also local militants and, inevitably, some civilians - escalated too. Estimates vary widely, but at least 3,000 have died in both countries combined.
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