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6/13/2013 7:25:02 PM
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how are you mad about that Pakistan thing, besides the drone program having a 50 civilian:1 combatant kill ratio?
pakistan is hostile. they actively harbor AQ forces. hell, Osama was living next door to one of their military bases.
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Lol. It's not really a 50:1 ratio. [url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/pakistan-strikes.php]Graph[/url]. This graph is up-to-date and is made via press reports, however due to the Taliban's control of the areas where these strikes happen, the exact numbers are hard to know.
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Assuming they operate like they did in Iraq, there is usually a substantial amount of tracking that takes place. As in, if these targets visit known terrorist hotspots or hubs, if they communicate regularly with known terrorists, suspicious movements, and course they investigate any tips or leads from sources on the ground. That's why they usually say something like "6 suspected militants were killed", they can't 100% confirm their involvement, but they usually have enough evidence to suspect it and warrant taking them out.
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the Reuters journalist? an unfortunate incident. he supposedly was in a building where hostiles were, and was trying to hold up his press pass, which was misidentified as a hand held detonator because both are small objects. not saying it was OK, only that in war, Sh**t happens.
