By the numbers: drone deaths.

AuthorShackford, Scott
PositionBrief article - Statistical data

On the Friday afternoon before Independence Day weekend, the Obama administration finally released some long-promised numbers publicly documenting how many people--both suspected terrorists and civilians--have been killed overseas by American drone strikes.

The administration had been reluctant to publicly acknowledge the existence of its extremely secretive drone program, even as more information leaked out about the process by which suspected terrorists were added to the "kill list" as targets, and even as independent groups tracked the deaths on their own.

According to the official data released in July, between 2009 and 2015 America has engaged

in 473 drone strikes in countries where it is not currendy involved in direct military activity. This includes Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, and Libya, but it excludes countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. In those...

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