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Drone Strikes Are Causing Child Casualties -- 178 So Far

War Costs’ latest video brings attention to the children who have died as a result of drone strikes.
 
 
 
During my  recent trip to Pakistan as part of our upcoming documentary film, Drones Exposed, I was struck most by the stories told to me by children who had experienced a U.S. drone strike firsthand. The impact of America’s drone war in the likes of Pakistan and Yemen will linger on, especially for the loved ones of the  178 children killed in those countries by U.S. drone strikes.
War Costs’ latest video (with accompanying  report) brings attention to the children who have died as a result of drone strikes. The video names some of the children who perished in these strikes, and points out the obfuscation tactics of American officials who will not own up to the significant amount of civilian casualties that have occurred due to this legally- and morally-dubious policy.
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