Naming the dead: Only 10 of scores killed by US drones in Pakistan last year have been identified
The names for all 10 came from either terrorist propaganda or the US government.
Drone strikes in Pakistan
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Podcast: what do hostage deaths in Pakistan mean for US drone policy?
The Bureau’s drones team discuss the news that three more US citizens were killed in a January drone strike in Pakistan.
Secret cache of al Qaeda messages to Osama bin Laden corroborates Bureau drone strike reports in Pakistan
Al Qaeda files captured when the US killed Bin Laden contain names of CIA drone strike victims.
See Get the data: Drone wars for up to date figures on drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.
For information on how we compiled the data, see the methodology.
Who is dying in Pakistan drone strikes? See the Bureau’s Naming the Dead project.
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