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To Drone or Not To Drone.(International)(use of unmanned aerial vehicles in military operations)(Brief article)
Byline: Adam B. Kushner
It's clear that predator drones are revolutionizing the way America fights battles: the flying robots, piloted from thousands of miles away, stand watch while soldiers sleep, kill terrorists from afar and patrol for 24 hours at a stretch. But some counterinsurgency experts say the drones are impeding the broader strategy by losing the war for hearts and minds in Pakistan.
"We need to call off the drones," testified David Kilcullen, who masterminded Iraq's surge for Gen. David Petraeus, to Congress last month. One problem is a dismal precision rate--Pakistani officials claim that as many as 50 civilians die in Predator attacks for every insurgent killed. "The ...
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