On Friday, US officials criticised the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism report's finding that there had been many more CIA attacks on alleged al-Qaeda and Taliban targets and far more civilian deaths than previously reported.The report said that bombing raids by unmanned aircraft had killed up to 168 children in Pakistan over the last seven years.
"The numbers cited by this organisation are way off the mark," said a senior US official, who spoke to the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity.
"In the past year, in the neighbourhood of 600 militants - including more than two dozen terrorist leaders - have been taken off the battlefield.
"In that same period of time, we can't confirm any noncombatant casualties," the official said.
Can't - won't. Same same.
And furthermore, we are admonished that drones can hover over a target to ensure accuracy; that the source of the report's information is a Pakistani lawyer who wants Americans out of the country and is working for the terrorists; and that we should think about the alternative if we have to fight those terrorists with actual soldiers.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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