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April 15, 2015

Study: U.S. Drone Strikes Continue to Claim Civilian Lives in Yemen 
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The latest U.S. drone strike comes as a new study by the Open Society
Justice Foundation has found that these strikes have killed Yemeni
civilians, despite President Obama's vow to launch attacks only if there
is "near certainty" no innocents will be harmed. Abdulrasheed al-Faqih,
the report's co-author, said: "In incident after incident, eye-witnesses
told us of watching civilians being burned alive, or of losing parents,
siblings and children in U.S. drone strikes. Civilians wanted to know
why they had been targeted when they were not affiliated with al-Qaeda.
They wanted justice."

 

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