Obama Steps Up Drone Raids Despite Death of Civili
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Obama Steps Up Drone Raids Despite Death of Civilians
Investigating Reports
By Sherwood Ross
Monday, 19 October 2009
Since taking office, President Obama has sanctioned at least 41 Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) drone strikes in Pakistan that have killed between 326 and 538 people, many of them, critics say, “innocent bystanders, including children,” according to reliable reports. The drone is a remotely controlled, unmanned aircraft.
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Mohamed ElBaradei, the UN atomic agency chief, has said talks between Iran and world powers in Vienna about Tehran's nuclear programme have started well.
