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Compare Mr. Obama's use of drone strikes with that of his predecessor. During the Bush administration, there was an American drone attack in Pakistan every 43 days; during the first two years of the Obama administration, there was a drone strike there every four days. [86] —
Taken together, independent estimates from the non-governmental organizations New America and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism suggest that civilians made up between 7.27% to 15.47% of deaths in U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia from 2009–2016, with a broadly similar rate from 2017–2019. [7]
In the first attack, U.S. drones fired missiles at a compound in the town of Spalga near Miranshah, killing at least 5 suspected militants and wounded several others. In the second attack, U.S. drone struck a convoy of vehicles near Mir Ali, about 25 kilometers east of Miranshah, killing at least 15 "Uzbek militants", according to unknown ...
Obama after a trilateral meeting with Afghan president Hamid Karzai (left) and Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari (right), May 2009 In his election campaign, Obama called the war in Iraq a "dangerous distraction" and that emphasis should instead be put on the war in Afghanistan, [ 340 ] the region he cites as being most likely where an attack ...
The U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan, that were begun by President George W. Bush, increased substantially [11] since an expansion of the attacks was authorized by President Barack Obama in 2009. [12] Drones have resulted in civilian casualties, and intentionally targeted rescuers, funerals, and one U.S. citizen.
By Eric Sandler Back in June, President Obama announced to Congress that he would be deploying 300 American troops to Iraq in order to help secure U.S. assets and prevent the Iraqi government from ...
The Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, has been emboldened since the Afghan Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021. Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant attacks in ...
Kenyan activist Auma Obama, the half-sister of former U.S. President Barack Obama, was among protesters tear-gassed on Tuesday during demonstrations outside the parliament building in Nairobi, a ...