Infographic regarding drone strikes in Pakistan

Post #372,990 by dmcarls 3/27/13 12:07:25 AM Reply	Infographic regarding drone strikes in Pakistan along with links to recent articles. (A nod to Edward Tufte) http://drones.pitchinteractive.com/ Mouse hover for details
Post #372,991 by folkert 3/27/13 12:39:17 AM 3/27/13 12:44:44 AM Reply	So a question: What is "Other" Might that be combatants? Might that be Military officials that are like unit commanders? Might they be arms dealers? The other 3 categories are well defined... why not break those out as well? I'm not trying to undermine the travesty of the Children and Civilian deaths... but please break out up top ... Militants... sex boys (that were some of the children) and other things. It slants the data view to the statistical gerrymandering they want to point at. -- greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C Edited by folkert March 27, 2013, 12:44:44 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #373,000 by Another Scott 3/27/13 7:51:59 AM Reply	Check the Info linky at the top. Basically "Other" is a broad category (e.g. able-bodied adults) that they can't put in the fixed categories. I have no doubt that civilians are killed in these operations - civilians have always received the brunt in war, no matter how careful the armies are. (Something that has bothered me over the past few years is that "casualties" has come to mean "killed" when it used to mean "killed or injured".) There's little doubt that there are also many injured by these attacks that apparently don't show up in the reported numbers. Micha Zenko at CFR has more - http://blogs.cfr.org...ed-by-u-s-drones/ :-( Cheers, Scott.
Post #373,004 by folkert 3/27/13 9:29:59 AM Reply	Yes... but, it doesn't answer my question. If they can get "Children, Civilians and High Value Targets" they aren't focusing on the fact that "Other" is WAY to broad. The devil is in the details and it HIGHLIGHTS only what they want you to see. It also lessens the importance of the killing/wounding of the "Other" category. I guess, I should just go along for the ride and shut my mouth. -- greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C

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