4,700 killed in US drone strikes

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4,700 killed in US drone strikes

Published: 21 Feb 2013 at 07.43
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A US senator has said an estimated 4,700 people, including civilians, have been killed in the contentious bombing raids of America's secretive drone war, local media reported Wednesday.

Senator Linsey Graham, pictured February 13, 2013, said an estimated 4,700 people, including some civilians, have been killed in bombing raids conducted under America's secretive drone war.

It was the first time a lawmaker or any government representative had referred to a total number of fatalities in the drone strikes, which have been condemned by rights groups as extrajudicial assassinations.

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spiceman
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Discussion 5 : 21 Feb 2013 at 18.505
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Rab #4, drone strike is surgical in nature because of its limited payload, usually a pair of Hellfire missiles. By relying more and more on drones, the US real WMDs ranging from ICBM, bombers like the massive B-52, and etc., don't have to be used unless it is absolutely necessary. PBS Frontline produces an excellent documentary about "Rise of the Drones." Also, one of Saddam's generals, (retired) Gen. Georges Sada, wrote a book about his former Boss' WMD programs, in "Saddam's Secrets." Saddam not only had WMD, but used it to kill 5,000 Iraqi Kurds and injured twice as many within a few hours, known as Halabja Poison Gas Attack in 1988.
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Discussion 4 : 21 Feb 2013 at 11.084
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4,700 people, including civilians, have been killed by drones......Can't that be classified as weapons of mass destruction, it sounds like it to me.
It appears to me that a big mistake was made when Iraq was invaded looking for weapons of mass destruction. None were found. They were in America all the time.
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Discussion 3 : 21 Feb 2013 at 09.143
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#1: Tell that to the relatives of people killed by various terrorist attacks over the years (UK, Spain, Africa, US, India, Russia, etc, etc, etc). Or perhaps to that poor young girl who was bombed in Pakistan????
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Discussion 2 : 21 Feb 2013 at 08.532
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The difference is that whenever civilians were killed by the US drones, it was by accident, however, when civilians were killed by the terrorists, it was by design.
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Discussion 1 : 21 Feb 2013 at 08.071
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The number of people killed would be a secret, that means to the psychopaths in Washington it's OK to kill people so long as no one knows about it.
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