The Council on Foreign Relations has released its estimates on the year's covert drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan, based on reports from Th Bureau of Investigative Journalism, The Long War Journal, and The New America Foundation. Numbers vary from source to source, but the Long War Journal figures estimate a total of 54 strikes and 253 casualties, of whom 31 were civilians. The Council estimates a total of 3,520 casualties since the drone strike program began in 2004, of whom 457 have been civilians.
The numbers are only estimates, as data on civilian casualties is notoriously unreliable, but CFR is straightforward about its goals in releasing the report. "The current trajectory of US drone strike policies is unsustainable," author...
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