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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

White House defends legality of drone attacks

MQ-9 ReaperThe United States has denied its drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan and elsewhere infringed international law and said it did all it could to avoid civilian casualties.

The comments followed the publication of reports on the US drone war by two human rights groups, and came a day before Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to bring up concerns about the US counter-terrorism tactic at White House talks.

"We are reviewing these reports carefully," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

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