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    Human Rights Groups Report on Civilian Casualties in U.S. Drone Strikes

    The Obama Administration says civilian deaths from America’s drone strikes have been rare. But two human rights groups, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch , say they have documented dozens of casualties in Pakistan and Yemen. Craig Whitlock is a Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Obama Administration says civilian deaths from America’s drone strikes have been rare. But two human rights groups, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, say they have documented dozens of casualties in Pakistan and Yemen.

    Craig Whitlock is a Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post.

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The Drip-Drip-Drip of NSA Revelations
    1. 0:00Human Rights Groups Report on Civilian Casualties in U.S. Drone StrikesYou’re reading this
    2. 7:57Edward Snowden’s Revelations Keep On Coming
    3. 44:26China’s “Airpocalypse”
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