The drone kill-list definition presumed all military-age males in target zones were combatants

Evidence

The statistical miracle lay, as it often does, in the counting system employed. It was a simple but redoubtable trick, as New York Times journalists Jo Becker and Scott Shane revealed: “It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants … unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent.” As an anonymous official said, “They count the corpses and they’re not really sure who they are.” — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 485 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Drone kill lists defined military-age men as combatants unless posthumously proven innocent; The kill-list definition presumed combatant status for military-age men unless posthumously proven innocent; Drone targeting presumed every military-age male a combatant unless proven innocent posthumously. (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• The kill-list definition presumed combatant status for military-age men unless posthumously proven innocent #corroborates (1.00)
• Drone targeting presumed every military-age male a combatant unless proven innocent posthumously. #corroborates (1.00)
• The US counted all military-age males in strike zones as combatants #corroborates (1.00) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 485