US president Barack Obama today accepted " full responsibility" for the deaths of two American and Italian civilian in a CIA drone strike in January, U.S media reported. " I profoundly regret what happened" , Obama said. " We believed that this was al-Qaeda compound that no civilians were present and that capturing these terrorist was not possible. And we do believe that the operation did take out dangerous members of al-Qaeda. A U.S government official said the drone strikes occured on January 14 and January 19 in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. " It is a cruel and bitter truth, during the fog of war, mistakes happen", he said. Obama press secretary, Josh Earnest, said the victims's family would be compensated.
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