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According to [0] the toll of civilian deaths is 9% not ~90%:

> The 542 drone strikes that Obama authorized killed an estimated 3,797 people, including 324 civilians.

I don't know how significant this is, but "not the intended target" and "civilian" could mean very different things. In particular, it seems likely that a strike targeted at a terrorist leader has a high chance of killing their aides or others in the car, who are probably members of the terror cell, even though they weren't the actual target of the strike.

Thank you. Edited to be very specific instead of a blanket percentage.

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