The 'drones' U.S. killed 4,700 people, according to a Republican senator

Sen. Lindsey Graham Republican estimated that some 4,700 people have been killed by drone attacks or " drones "in the first reference of a legislator U.S. the number of victims. As Graham said at a conference on Wednesday collects daily Patch Easley South Carolina, attacks with "drones" killed "sometimes innocent, something deplorable, but we are at war and we got rid of some of the most important members of Al Qaeda." The figure provided by Graham, without citing its sources, is the first to bring any U.S. congressman or government official about the operation, which develops classified nature. The calculation is also higher than most critics groups provided by this practice, as Micah Zenko specialist researchers, who in January 3430 amounted deaths in a detailed report from the study center Council on Foreign Relations. According to Graham, the attacks with "drones" are "a necessary tactical weapon", as there are areas on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan which is very difficult to access. Graham, said Thursday that it plans to block the confirmation vote of John Brennan to the CIA director for his response to the attack on consulate in Benghazi (Libya) last September, did not hesitate to praise however the need strikes " drones "that Brennan has promoted as an adviser to President Barack Obama. The senator said, because the country is at war with Al Qaeda , is "nonsense" to require judicial authorization and justified the bombing of a U.S. death linked to Islamic terrorism in Yemen in 2011. According to Graham, Anwar al Awlaki, born in New Mexico, had helped to radicalize Americans and plan attacks. "A drone blew it, and that's good," he said. "There would have wanted such a trial . not fighting crime, this is a war, "he added.