‘Of the 44 predator
strikes carried out by US drones in the tribal areas of Pakistan over
the past 12 months, only five were able to hit their actual targets,
killing five key Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders, but at the cost of over
700 innocent civilians.
According to the
statistics compiled by Pakistani authorities, the Afghanistan-based US
drones killed 708 people in 44 predator attacks targeting the tribal
areas between January 1 and December 31, 2009.
For each Al Qaeda and
Taliban terrorist killed by US drones, 140 innocent Pakistanis also had
to die. Over 90 per cent of those killed in the deadly missile strikes
were civilians, claim authorities.’
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