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When they miss target & end up killing someone else -They label person EKIA “enemy killed in action"
EKIAOver a five-month period, U.S. forces used drones and other aircraft to kill 155 people in northeastern Afghanistan. They achieved 19 jackpots. Along the way, they killed at least 136 other people, all of whom were classified as EKIA, or enemies killed in action.
Note the “%” column. It is the number of jackpots (JPs) divided by the number of operations. A 70 percent success rate. But it ignores well over a hundred other people killed along the way.
This means that almost 9 out of 10 people killed in these strikes were not the intended targets.
MORE!!!!!:
https://theintercept.com/drone-papers
https://theintercept.com/drone-papershttps://theintercept.com/drone-papers/a-visual-glossary/
