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Raymond
May 26, 2012, 9:12:08 PM5/26/12
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Cost-Effective remote-controlled killing machine drones transforming
warfare for US Empire military
Feb 28, 2012 ... In the 11 years of America's post-9/11 wars, drones
have emerged as a seemingly perfect weapon for fighting elusive
enemies US kills 10 people in Pakistani village mosque.
Campaigners to meet in Washington to highlight how CIA is operating in
seceret and inflicting civilian casualties abroad.
Unit cost, US$4.03 million (2010)
US kills 10 people in Pakistani village mosque;: At least 10 people
were killed and several others sustained injuries when unmanned US
predator drone targeted a mosque in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan
Agency on Thursday
Sources said that earlier the death toll was put at six which later
rose to 10 with several others were still in critical condition. The
mosque was completely destroyed as two missiles were fired on it.
Identities of the victims in the strike are not known immediately as
North Waziristan is a far-flung mountainous tribal area bordering
Afghanistan.
This was the fourth strike since Parliament in March demanded an end
to the drone hits and first attack after the Chicago Summit.
Forty-five US missile strikes were reported in Pakistan’s tribal belt
in 2009, 101 in 2010 and 64 in 2011.
Agencies add: The attack, in the Khassokhel village near Mir Ali in
the North Waziristan, was the second to take place in less than 24
hours.
Aimed at a suspected militant hideout, Uzbek insurgents made up the
majority of the fatalities from the strike, which will surely work to
further the growing governmental tensions between the United States
and Pakistan.
Local tribesmen said 10 bodies were pulled from the debris and that
efforts were underway to retrieve others.
“The drone fired two missiles and hit the village mosque where a
number of people were offering Fajr (morning) prayers,” local tribal
elder Roashan Din told NBC News.
“The drone fired two missiles and pounded a house,” a local
administration official in Mir Ali said. “Four US spy planes are
flying over the area.”
The official said the house was reportedly used by suspected foreign
and Punjabi Taliban militants. Officials told Reuters that a pilotless
aircraft fired two missiles, although the news agency described the
targeted structure as a “compound.”
According to AFP, residents and local officials said the strike
damaged a nearby mosque where three worshippers believed to be Central
Asians were fatally wounded. “They were seriously wounded and died
later in the hospital,” a security official said.
A neighbour, Mohammad Rafiq, told AFP the attack triggered a fire at
the compound of the house where militants were exercising in the
courtyard.
This news was published in print paper. Access complete paper of this
day.
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/25-May-2012/us-drone-strike-hits-mosque-10-killed
warfare for US Empire military
Feb 28, 2012 ... In the 11 years of America's post-9/11 wars, drones
have emerged as a seemingly perfect weapon for fighting elusive
enemies US kills 10 people in Pakistani village mosque.
Campaigners to meet in Washington to highlight how CIA is operating in
seceret and inflicting civilian casualties abroad.
Unit cost, US$4.03 million (2010)
US kills 10 people in Pakistani village mosque;: At least 10 people
were killed and several others sustained injuries when unmanned US
predator drone targeted a mosque in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan
Agency on Thursday
Sources said that earlier the death toll was put at six which later
rose to 10 with several others were still in critical condition. The
mosque was completely destroyed as two missiles were fired on it.
Identities of the victims in the strike are not known immediately as
North Waziristan is a far-flung mountainous tribal area bordering
Afghanistan.
This was the fourth strike since Parliament in March demanded an end
to the drone hits and first attack after the Chicago Summit.
Forty-five US missile strikes were reported in Pakistan’s tribal belt
in 2009, 101 in 2010 and 64 in 2011.
Agencies add: The attack, in the Khassokhel village near Mir Ali in
the North Waziristan, was the second to take place in less than 24
hours.
Aimed at a suspected militant hideout, Uzbek insurgents made up the
majority of the fatalities from the strike, which will surely work to
further the growing governmental tensions between the United States
and Pakistan.
Local tribesmen said 10 bodies were pulled from the debris and that
efforts were underway to retrieve others.
“The drone fired two missiles and hit the village mosque where a
number of people were offering Fajr (morning) prayers,” local tribal
elder Roashan Din told NBC News.
“The drone fired two missiles and pounded a house,” a local
administration official in Mir Ali said. “Four US spy planes are
flying over the area.”
The official said the house was reportedly used by suspected foreign
and Punjabi Taliban militants. Officials told Reuters that a pilotless
aircraft fired two missiles, although the news agency described the
targeted structure as a “compound.”
According to AFP, residents and local officials said the strike
damaged a nearby mosque where three worshippers believed to be Central
Asians were fatally wounded. “They were seriously wounded and died
later in the hospital,” a security official said.
A neighbour, Mohammad Rafiq, told AFP the attack triggered a fire at
the compound of the house where militants were exercising in the
courtyard.
This news was published in print paper. Access complete paper of this
day.
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/25-May-2012/us-drone-strike-hits-mosque-10-killed
Raymond
May 27, 2012, 9:44:22 AM5/27/12
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The Rise of the Killer Drones: How America Goes to War in Secret
An inside look at how killing by remote control has changed the way we
fight
Read more:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-rise-of-the-killer-drones-how-america-goes-to-war-in-secret-20120416#ixzz1w3kiRJSd
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