hundred and eighty four civilians are reportedly being killed that's according to the bureau of investigative journalism it's estimated that nearly two hundred children were among the victims the use of jones has spiked significantly since president obama took office we're talking about a six fold increase compared to his predecessor george w. bush and chris wood so from the bureau of investigative journalism he says there is little transparency about these continued drone operations with so many civilians reported killed and yet the cia claiming that it's killed no more than fifty or sixty civilians i think there is a need for an open not only an open inquiry but also for the cia to share the information meet her as one who believes it's killed in places like pakistan president obama's speech the other week did seem to promise more openness but unfortunately we're not seeing signs of just yet in pakistan we now have an incoming government that's making absolutely clear to the united states that it doesn't want these drone strikes i don't think they're going to stop most of the strikes there in pakistan

killing jury attacks let's take a look at some actual numbers here but according to the bureau of investigative journalism up to eight hundred eighty four civilians have reportedly been killed it's estimated two hundred children are among these victims meanwhile the number of drone strikes has increased six fold since president obama took office chris woods from the bureau of investigative journalism says with these figures in mind there needs to be much more transparency in drone warfare. with so many civilians reported killed and yet the cia claiming that it's killed no more than fifty or sixty civilians i think there is a need for an open not only an opening quantity but also for the cia to share the information me as one who it believes it's killed in places like pakistan president obama's speech the other we did seem to promise more openness but unfortunately we don't seeing signs of that just yet in pakistan we now have an incoming government that's making absolutely clear to the united states that it doesn't want these drone strikes i don't think they're going to stop most of the strikes there in p

bush and chris words who's from the bureau of investigative journalism says there is little transparency about these operations with so many civilians reported killed and yet the cia claiming that it's killed no more than fifty or sixty civilians i think there is a need for an open not only an open inquiry but also for the cia to share the information we care as one who believes it's killed in places like pakistan president obama's speech the other week did seem to promise more openness but unfortunately we don't seeing signs of that just yet in pakistan we now have an incoming government that's making absolutely clear to the united states that it doesn't want these drone strikes i don't think they're going to stop most of the strikes there in pakistan these days are really not related to al qaida to those terrorist activities but really to the war cross the border in afghanistan and the drone war has changed quite significantly over the ten years or so it's been running we see the united states talking about using drones in syria for example we have had calls from iraq and rwanda recent

that is why for the bureau of investigative journalism, they have to put this down is unknown. t speaks volumes about this policy because this is a policy that drives on being secret especially in case of pakistan exclusively by the cia, which one has to question why a non-dodger organization would ever be given this kind of lethal force. the other question is really what is in our government service and information about who is being killed except when they want to give us a high-value target and express their ability to be reaching people who were considered among leadership of al qaeda or the taliban. so otherwise until recently the definition of militants has been part of literary aids in the areas of the ground strikes. an incredible definition of what it is. we have no many -- we don't know how many. but i try to do in the book and in the chapter on the victims is really to humanize them because i don't think there has been any mainstream tv and correct me if i'm wrong talking about the "chicago tribune" but i really don't think that there is a mainstream newspaper that ha

strikes these targeted killings and of at least two and a half thousand people the bureau of investigative journalism thinks that killed in pakistan for example we think the cia has killed more than four hundred civilians i think that all concerns the the the u.s. defines civilian in a different way than is normally understood the international community but nevertheless they have proved to be effective in what the at high profile targets in this so-called war on terror. absolutely and the u.s. has rightly pointed out that al qaida central as they are called them the core al qaida that was based in pakistan is pretty much defunct now there are a couple of senior leaders the americans are still trying to kill most of the strikes there in pakistan these days are really not related to al qaida and to terrorist activities but really to the war cross the border in afghanistan and the drone war has changed quite significantly over the ten years or so it's been running and you talking about the significant number of civilian deaths in your investigation can anyone they really be held accountable for civilia

don't respect our sovereignty these daily drone attacks must stop now according to the bureau of investigative journalism there have been thirteen strikes in pakistan this year alone in each of those strikes up to twenty people were killed leaving behind their families to cope with the losses are to correspondent lucy catherine off travel to pakistan and introduced us to the other side of the story the people living under the constant threat of those drone strikes vocals call it in the skies pakistan's northwest tribal region and american drone as seen from the ground it's become the weapon of choice in the u.s. war on terror and this is the damage you can wreak under president obama more than three hundred such strikes in pakistani soil against alleged al qaeda and taliban suspects. but ordinary civilians are also paying a price to see this man is one of them i mean who was on his way to work at a mine you're his village in a drone strike the area he lost his leg in the attack three other miners who were with them lost their lives we live in constant fear of another strike we are simple villagers we're