US President Barack Obama decried the "disgusting" shooting of a teenaged Pakistani activist by the Taliban as local authorities announced a reward of more than $100,000 for the gunmen.
These words are said by a person who is responsible of thousands of killings in his turn over in my country.I am not saying it in emotions but i have some statistics for you
US Drone Strike statistic based on research by a team of journalists of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism:
(as of October 10, 2012)
- Total strikes: 347
- Total reported killed: 2,572 – 3,341
- Civilians reported killed: 474 – 884
- Children reported killed: 176
- Total reported injured: 1,232 – 1,366
- Strikes under the Bush Administration: 52
- Strikes under the Obama Administration: 295
US Drone Strike Statistics estimate according to theNew America Foundation.(As of October 1, 2012)
Year | Number of Attacks | Number Killed | |
---|---|---|---|
Min. | Max. | ||
2004-2007 | 10 | 155 | 200 |
2008 | 36 | 219 | 344 |
2009 | 54 | 350 | 721 |
2010 | 122 | 608 | 1,028 |
2011 | 72 | 366 | 599 |
2012 | 40 | 188 | 299 |
Total | 334 | 1,886 | 3,191 |
I want you to see another statistics on target killing in my city.
"The death of an innocent person is death of whole humanity" ( Al Quran)
Please wake up ! condemn and stop all the wrong killings and for God sake don't make foolish dicisions just for T.V publicity.
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