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The War Against CiviliansInherently Imprecise Killings: Civilian Victims in U.S. Drone Strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan

The War Against Civilians: Inherently Imprecise Killings: Civilian Victims in U.S. Drone Strikes... [This chapter explores the impact of U.S. drone strikes on civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The first section of the chapter examines three too-broad target selection criteria that led to drone strikes targeting civilians (e.g., adult males standing in proximity of known combatants, first responders who rushed to the site of a drone strike, individuals regularly communicating with known combatants). The second section examines two technical factors behind imprecise strikes (e.g., low quality of video footage), while the third section shows how malicious human behavior undermined the precision of the strikes (e.g., informers providing faulty intelligence). The last, fourth section of the chapter shows how the too-broad criteria for determining targets necessarily led to indiscriminate attacks against civilians.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The War Against CiviliansInherently Imprecise Killings: Civilian Victims in U.S. Drone Strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
ISBN
978-3-030-12405-2
Pages
23 –45
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-12406-9_2
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[This chapter explores the impact of U.S. drone strikes on civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The first section of the chapter examines three too-broad target selection criteria that led to drone strikes targeting civilians (e.g., adult males standing in proximity of known combatants, first responders who rushed to the site of a drone strike, individuals regularly communicating with known combatants). The second section examines two technical factors behind imprecise strikes (e.g., low quality of video footage), while the third section shows how malicious human behavior undermined the precision of the strikes (e.g., informers providing faulty intelligence). The last, fourth section of the chapter shows how the too-broad criteria for determining targets necessarily led to indiscriminate attacks against civilians.]

Published: Apr 17, 2019

Keywords: U.S. military; Drones; Afghanistan; Pakistan; Civilian victims; Indiscriminate attacks; International humanitarian law; Definitions of combatants

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