An NYU student is tweeting every reported drone strike by the US since 2002

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https://twitter.com/dronestream

On Tuesday, NYU student Josh Begley attempted to tweet the history of 10 years of US drone strikes in 10 minutes as part of a graduate project.

Twelve hours later, he had only reached March 2010.

"At first, I wanted to visualize frequency – to see if I could tweet 10 years in 10 minutes," Begley told the Guardian. "Clearly that didn't work out. After tweeting for 12 hours I've only reached 2010, and as many folks will tell you, the strikes only pick up from there."

The Twitter handle @dronestream will recount every known drone strike since the first recorded instance in 2002, including links to accompanying news stories. The data, pulled from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, covers Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, and will fit into roughly 400 tweets, according to Begley. "And that's not including attacks in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, which are rarely reported on," Begley said.

The @dronestream project, which has attracted just over 3,500 followers so far, will continue through Wednesday – or as long as it takes to send the several hundred more tweets Begley has lined up.

"I suspect a fair amount of Americans don't know where our drone missiles land – or on who. I certainly didn't," Begley said.

"I'm interested in a simple question: even if we have access to the data about drone attacks, do we really want to be interrupted by it?"

Previously, Begley built an iPhone app that tracks drone strikes, which pulled on the same Bureau of Investigative Journalism data. However, Apple rejected the Drones+ app several times.
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Tweet history of US drone strikes lasting longer than planned | World news | guardian.co.uk
 
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Dude should have used some spoiler tags, cause the CIA ain't gonna be too fond of this
 
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geordie_dru said:
https://twitter.com/dronestream



Tweet history of US drone strikes lasting longer than planned | World news | guardian.co.uk
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:whoo: damn thats a lot of people killed. is there a number for unintended casualties from drone strikes?

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/25/world/asia/pakistan-us-drone-strikes/index.html

"TBIJ reports that from June 2004 through mid-September 2012, available data indicate that drone strikes killed 2,562 - 3,325 people in Pakistan, of whom 474 - 881 were civilians, including 176 children. TBIJ reports that these strikes also injured an additional 1,228 - 1,362 individuals," according to the Stanford/NYU study.

Based on interviews with witnesses, victims and experts, the report accuses the CIA of "double-striking" a target, moments after the initial hit, thereby killing first responders.

It also highlights harm "beyond death and physical injury," publishing accounts of psychological trauma experienced by people living in Pakistan's tribal northwest region, who it says hear drones hover 24 hours a day.
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:dwillhuh: :smh:
 
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