In an effort to minimize official civilian death tolls from these strikes, in which hundreds of innocent people have been killed in Pakistan alone, several administration officials told the Times that the administration is effectively counting “all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants,” barring “explicit” posthumous intelligence proving their innocence.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/report-obama-redefines-militant-avoid-counting-civilian-drone-172500804.html
More info: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/06/obama-drone-deaths-pakistan-discrepancy
So you mean to tell me that if some 18+ year old is in a room arguing against militarism with a true militant at the time of a drone strike, they’re instantly a militant? I think something’s wrong there…
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