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Drone Strike Said to Kill 10 Militants

Notice how the government and media have changed the terminology for describing the targets of drone strikes over time, from terrorists in the beginning, to enemy combatants, to Islamic extremists, to insurgents, to now suspected militants. What's next, suspected armed people?

Drone Strike Said to Kill 10 Militants in Pakistan

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, (Reuters) - Missiles fired from a United States drone killed 10 suspected militants in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region near the Afghanistan border on Wednesday, residents and Pakistani security officials said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/world/asia/drone-strike-sa...




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"Suspected militants"

is the new term for "anybody who happened to be in the area where they shot the missile, and are now dead".

These people are really some pieces of work, lemme tell ya.

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Good point

I updated the topic.

Yes..that got me, too..wow.

Yes..that got me, too..wow.

how convenient

right on the heels of the criminals in congress passing legislation to fund 30,000 drones to be used in the good old USA . http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/7/coming-to-a-s...

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That's what I was thinking

But, they're not funding 30,000 drones. I think you read that wrong. That's just an estimate for how many there might be in 2020.