U.S. Military Changes Drone Rules To Make Targeting Of Civilians Easier
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
12/06/2013
Despite President Obama’s claims that drone strikes do little damage to civilian populations, in July we discovered that “of the 746 people killed in drone strikes in Pakistan from 2006-2009, an incredible 20% were civilians and 94 (13% of the total) were children.” We suppose that number just isn’t good enough, because, as The Washington Post reports, “The Pentagon has loosened its guidelines on avoiding civilian casualties during drone strikes, modifying instructions from requiring military personnel to “ensure” civilians are not targeted to encouraging service members to “avoid targeting” civilians.” Can’t. Make. This. Stuff. Up.
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