June Update – US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia

[morningfog]

The Bureau’s covert war investigation tracks drone strikes and other US military and paramilitary actions in Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan. Here we summarise our key work and findings for June 2012. We also compare the first six months of this year with 2011.

An analysis of our data over this period reveals:

As relations between Washington and Islamabad continue to falter, Bureau data shows fewer civilians are being killed in CIA drone strikes in Pakistan than at any time in the Obama presidency.

US military action in Yemen is at its bloodiest ever, with the strike rate and reported casualties the highest yet recorded.

The true extent of US action in Somalia remain unclear, despite many claims of attacks.

http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/07/02/june-update-us-covert-actions-in-pakistan-yemen-and-somalia/

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism does a good job of analyzing the available data. Lots of good information at the link.

[OnyxCollie]

1. New wars! Huzzah!

Those old wars were getting so boring.

So, who's gonna pay for this?

[snot]

2. Thank you for paying attention to this.

[morningfog]

3. And thank the journalists at TBIJ for keeping track.