Drone strikes
Dear Ministry of Defence,
I would like to make a Freedom of Information request.
I would like to know the total number of drone strikes carried out by UK armed forces in Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen, Sudan and South Sudan over the past five years.
Furthermore, I would like to know the total number of enemy combatant casualties and also the total civilian casualties resulting from the above strikes. If this information is not available, I would like to know the total number of casualties resulting from the above strikes.
Yours faithfully,
Dan Hewitt
Dear Mr Hewitt,
Thank you for your e-mail of 4 October asking for details of Reaper
strikes in Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen, Sudan and South Sudan.
It has been logged as a Freedom of Information request under reference
2016/09194.
The target date for response is 1 November 2016.
Paul Webb
Air-DRes Sec 3a1
Air Command Secretariat
Rm 2E027
Spitfire Block
HQ Air Command
RAF High Wycombe
HP14 4UE
Dear Mr Hewitt,
Please find attached the response to your FOI request of 4 October about
strikes by Remotely Piloted Air Systems.
Paul Webb
Air-DRes Sec 3a1
Air Command Secretariat
Rm 2E027
Spitfire Block
HQ Air Command
RAF High Wycombe
HP14 4UE
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