Al-Zawahiri In Drone Strike

The Americans fired two hellfire missiles at a safe house yet claim civilians in the house weren't killed! I know nothing about missiles or weapons but surely two hellfire missiles would destroy a house almost entirely?!
 
The Americans fired two hellfire missiles at a safe house yet claim civilians in the house weren't killed! I know nothing about missiles or weapons but surely two hellfire missiles would destroy a house almost entirely?!
Not necessarily, they are designed for precision rather than destruction, the blast radius is a few metres if he was at one side of the building and the civilians at the other they may of been okay.
 
The Americans fired two hellfire missiles at a safe house yet claim civilians in the house weren't killed! I know nothing about missiles or weapons but surely two hellfire missiles would destroy a house almost entirely?!
It may have been the type of missile they used against the Iranian guy a couple of years ago, which is essentially like a food processor landing on a target.
 
As many as Al Qaeda?
Some kids died on the planes 911 and in New York etc. Also al qaeda affiliates in the Sahel etc have killed kids
& https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199209243271306
“ These results provide strong evidence that the Gulf war and trade sanctions caused a threefold increase in mortality among Iraqi children under five years of age. We estimate that an excess of more than 46,900 children died between January and August 1991.”
 
Thanks, and yes I’m aware of the impact of sanctions, not just in Iraq. I was also thinking of the child soldiers forcibly recruited to the ranks of AQ.
 
This also demonstrates what the US is capable of for the benefit of any other players who might be interested.
 
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