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Civilian Harm From Drone Strikes: Assessing Limitations & Responding To Harm, Human Rights Clinic May 2013

Civilian Harm From Drone Strikes: Assessing Limitations & Responding To Harm, Human Rights Clinic

Human Rights Institute

U.S. intelligence officials tout the drone platform as enabling the most precise and humane targeting program in the history of warfare. While drone technology is a significant advance, claims about minimal civilian harm from drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen elide many of the operational realities of using drones outside of full-scale military operations.