[FRIAM] millenarianism

[Merle Lefkoff]

Hi Stephen,

Was this somehow surprising to you?  Why were you interested in seeing this
data?

On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 11:50 AM Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com> wrote:

> Stephen,
>
> Thanks for encouraging me to drop down a Wikipedia hole.
> Somehow I was interested in this data found on the Drone Strikes in
> Pakistan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan> page:
>
> The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Investigative_Journalism> estimates
> the following cumulative statistics about U.S. drone strikes (as of 17
> September 2017):[20]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan#cite_note-BOIJ-20>
>
>    - Total strikes: 429
>    - Total killed: 2,514 – 4,023
>    - Civilians killed: 424 – 969
>    - Children killed: 172 – 207
>    - Injured: 1,162 – 1,749
>    - Strikes under the Bush Administration
>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush>: 51
>    - Strikes under the Obama Administration
>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama_Administration>: 373
>    - Strikes under the Trump Administration
>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Donald_Trump>: 5
>    - 84 of the 2,379 dead have been identified as members of al-Qaeda[60]
>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan#cite_note-60>
>
> A formerly classified Pakistani government report obtained in July 2013 by
> the BIJ shows details of 75 drone strikes that occurred between 2006–09.
> According to the 12-page report, in this period, 176 of the 746 reported
> dead were civilians.[61]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan#cite_note-61> According
> to the Long War Journal, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and the
> New America Foundation, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 had some of the highest civilian
> casualty ratios <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualty_ratio> of
> any years.
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