President Trump will no longer require US intel officials to publicly disclose the numbers of people killed in drone strikes and other attacks on terrorist targets outside of war zones.
Contract workers load a Hellfire missile onto a U.S. Air Force MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle at a secret air base in the Persian Gulf region on Jan.7, 2016.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.In the latest step toward rolling back Obama-era rules for targeted killings, President Donald Trump will no longer require U.S.
President Obama dramatically expanded the use of targeted strikes with drones against al Qaeda and later ISIS targets. He also sought to put in place a set of rules designed to promote accountability and encourage policy-makers to minimize civilian casualties. Critics said those rules placed unwarranted constraints on counter terrorism operatives.Among the rules was a requirement that there be a"near certainty" of no civilian casualties before the CIA launched a strike.
Obama’s first report in 2016 said the U.S. launched 473 strikes from Jan. 20, 2009 until Dec. 31, 2015, killing 2,372 to 2,581 combatants and 64 to 116 noncombatants.That requirement is now repealed.
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