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April 18, 2011

Study: U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan Killed 957 in 2010 
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A new study estimates U.S. drone strikes killed 957 people in Pakistan
last year. It is unknown how many of the dead were civilians. The chair
of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, I.A. Rehman, called for an
end to the attacks.

I.A. Rehman: "We have our reservation on drone strikes, because,
whatever their people may say, there is a great danger of innocent
people being killed, and we do not approve of this method. We have
quoted a U.N. rapporteur's finding on that, and we stand by that."



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