Drone strikes killed up to 9,000 people including 2,000 civilians and 500 children.
Evidence
The total civilian casualty rate of these attacks is not known, because the Trump administration placed restrictions on the reporting of these figures. The corporate media have reported on some of the worst examples, like the bombing of a wedding party in Yemen that killed twenty people and wounded dozens of others, including the groom. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which has tracked the drone wars in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia from 2010 to 2020, reports that there were 14,000 strikes, killing between 8,000 and 9,000 people. Among those were as many as 2,000 civilians and close to 500 children. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 531
Categorization
- XREF: The 2010-2020 Bureau figures give a concrete baseline for the reader’s Gaza-war comparison question. — connects to: US drone strikes from 2010-2020 killed up to 2,000 civilians and 500 children; Obama’s drone campaign killed civilians in five Muslim-majority countries — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 300; Obama’s drone strikes killed Muslims across five nations — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 300 (+2 more)
- QUESTION: How do Bureau-tracked drone casualties compare to reported Gaza casualty mechanics and reporting-restriction tactics?
Broader Connections
- Obama’s drone campaign killed civilians in five Muslim-majority countries
#corroborates(0.90) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 300 - Obama’s drone strikes killed Muslims across five nations
#corroborates(0.88) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 300 - The United States killed an American citizen and his son by drone in Yemen
#exemplifies(0.80) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 467 - War on Terror killed 400,000 directly and 800,000 indirectly
#expands(0.72)