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Yemen Reports First US Drone Strikes Under Trump

Debris and smoke rise after a Saudi-led airstrike hit an army base, in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. (AP/Hani Mohammed)
(REPORT) — A pair of US drone strikes in Yemen’s Bayda Province have killed at least 10 people over the weekend, according to Yemeni officials, marking the first drone strikes to be conducted under President Trump, who was inaugurated on Friday.

Obama Carried Out Ten Times More Drone Strikes Than Bush

The number of civilians killed by United States drone strikes is at least 500, nearly all of the strikes were a part of the Obama administration’s targeted assassination policy. (Photo: (Image: Lance Page/Truthout; Adapted: Amanda Currier, Nathan Barry/Flickr-CC)
There were ten times more air strikes in the covert war on terror during President Barack Obama’s presidency than under his predecessor, George W. Bush.

The Hypocrisy of Obama’s $1.2 Million Payout to Italian Man’s Family for Drone Striking Him

(ANTIMEDIA) When Paris experienced the infamous terror attacks in November last year, much of the world was asking why innocent lives lost in Paris were more important than those regularly lost in Iraq, Afghanistan, or even in Beirut a few days prior. After all, Facebook and the rest of the media prioritized the Paris attacks.