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On the Media considers why the disconnect between US reporting and international reporting on the Drone Wars, particularly the lack of domestic coverage of civilian deaths (emphasis added).

According to an article in The New York Times last week, the Obama administration treats “all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants”. Brooke talks to Chris Woods, reporter for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, who has been working with reporters on the ground to confirm and put names to civilian casualties of drone strikes, about the discrepancies between his reporting and the reports of the US government.

I love the “if I hit you, you must be guilty” reasoning.

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