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U.S. President Barack Obama has [outlined / lined] a new policy in the controversial [used / use] of drones to kill suspected terrorists. Drones are unmanned aircraft that can be [controlled / controlling] from the U.S. as well as from [basis / bases] in or near war zones. Both the U.S. military and the CIA use drones in their [operatives / operations] . Around 800 drone strikes have [taken / given] place in Afghanistan in the past two years. The CIA's use of drones is [shrouded / shredded] in secrecy. Experts believe the agency has [conducted / conductive] around 350 drone strikes in Pakistan and fewer than 100 in Yemen and Somalia [since / for] 2004. Around 3,000 people have been killed by drones since 2004. The New America Foundation estimates that roughly 21 per cent of those killed were [civil / civilians] .

President Obama said the U.S. would [now / not] only use drone strikes as a [least / last] resort, when there is a “continuing and [impotent / imminent] ” threat to the American people, and that there must be “near [certainly / certainty] that no civilians will be killed or [injury / injured] ". Kenneth Roth from Human Rights Watch said: “A [mere / here] promise that the US will work [within / wither] established guidelines that remain secret provides little confidence that it is [complying / complaint] with international law.” Shahzad Akbar, a Pakistani lawyer working for drone victims’ families, said: “The problem [remains / remaining] the same because there is no transparency and accountability for the CIA because it will remain inside the system and not be [invisible / visible] to outsiders."