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NBC: CIA Didn’t Always Know Who Was Killed In Pakistan Drone Strikes

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Capt. Richard Koll, left, and Airman 1st Class Mike Eulo perform function checks after launching an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle Aug. 7, 2007 at Balad Air Base, ... In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Capt. Richard Koll, left, and Airman 1st Class Mike Eulo perform function checks after launching an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle Aug. 7, 2007 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Captain Koll, the pilot, and Airman Eulo, the sensor operator, will handle the Predator in a radius of approximately 25 miles around the base before handing it off to personnel stationed in the United States to continue its mission. Scrambling to meet commanders' insatiable demands for unmanned aircraft, the Air Force is launched two new training programs Wednesday Oct. 22, 2008, including an experimental one that would churn out up to 1,100 desperately needed pilots to fly the drones over Iraq and Afghanistan. As many as 700 Air Force personnel have expressed some interest in the test program, which will create a new brand of pilot for the drones, which are flown by remote control from a base in Nevada. MORE LESS
By Tom Kludt
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June 6, 2013 3:43 a.m.
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During a 14-month period between 2010 and 2011, the Central Intelligence Agency did not always know who was being targeted and killed in drone strikes in Pakistan, NBC News reported.

According to classified documents reviewed by NBC, roughly one-in-four killed by drone strikes inside Pakistan between September 3, 2010, and October 30, 2011 were described as “other militants” — a classification used when the CIA was unable to identify the affiliation of the victims.

Read NBC’s entire report here.

 

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