The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 24, 2012 U.S. Drone Strike Kills 9 in Pakistan -------------------------------------- At least nine people have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan. Pakistani officials say the victims were suspected militants, but the Obama administration's policy is to deem all adult-male drone targets as militants unless exculpatory evidence emerges after their deaths. .