Stephen,

Thanks for encouraging me to drop down a Wikipedia hole.
Somehow I was interested in this data found on the Drone Strikes in Pakistan
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan> page:

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Investigative_Journalism> estimates
the following cumulative statistics about U.S. drone strikes (as of 17
September 2017):[20]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan#cite_note-BOIJ-20>

   - Total strikes: 429
   - Total killed: 2,514 – 4,023
   - Civilians killed: 424 – 969
   - Children killed: 172 – 207
   - Injured: 1,162 – 1,749
   - Strikes under the Bush Administration
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush>: 51
   - Strikes under the Obama Administration
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama_Administration>: 373
   - Strikes under the Trump Administration
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Donald_Trump>: 5
   - 84 of the 2,379 dead have been identified as members of al-Qaeda[60]
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan#cite_note-60>

A formerly classified Pakistani government report obtained in July 2013 by
the BIJ shows details of 75 drone strikes that occurred between 2006–09.
According to the 12-page report, in this period, 176 of the 746 reported
dead were civilians.[61]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan#cite_note-61>
According
to the Long War Journal, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and the
New America Foundation, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 had some of the
highest civilian
casualty ratios <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualty_ratio> of
any years.
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