Its estimated that the US killed at least 700 civilians in Pakistani Drone strikes in 2009.

While the number of “targets” hit is estimated at 5, both numbers are unverified. Barack Obama promised there would be a dramatic escalation of the aerial bombardment of Pakistan’s tribal areas and didn’t disappoint the neo-cons that endorse such butchery. On June 22, the US struck at a house in Waziristan that officials called a “suspected militant hideout” burying several locals inside. When others rushed to the scene to rescue them, they launched another missile, killing 13 innocent Pakistanis. When they held a funeral procession on June 23, the US hit that too on the assumption that Baitullah Mehsud “might” be amongst the mourners.The sanctity of life is a key issue for all right thinking people, can you imagine the outrage the following report might engender:“US Law enforcement officers expressed satisfaction at the assumed killing of a key target in downtown Manhattan.The apartment building in a fashionable district in which he was hiding was successfully leveled, no one knows how many civilian casualties resulted.”