In Pakistan, more civilians fall victim to US drones
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Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:33:19 GMT
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The civilian mortalities from US missile attacks on the
Pakistani soil in 2009 indicate a threefold increase in
compared to the previous year.
Using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones to carry out
the attacks, the US Central Intelligence Agency, in
cooperation with the Pentagon, are responsible for more than
700 civilian deaths in Pakistan this year, reports say.
In 2008, there were 32 strikes that killed about 240 people,
according to Reuters. The attacks in 2009, meanwhile, had a
mere 12.5 percent accuracy in targeting the supposed
militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal area, raising
questions about the efficiency of the method.
The attacks, believed to be initiated from airbases located
inside Pakistan's territory, have also played a strong role
in the growing anti-American sentiment in Pakistan.
The CIA is accused of ignoring legal and moral principles in
its running of deadly operations against civilians on a
sovereign soil.
Meanwhile, in Washington, the attacks are hailed as a
'surgical' counterinsurgency tool. Pakistani Foreign
Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi recently condemned the attacks
as "counterproductive and unhelpful."
The latest round of the attacks left some seven people dead
in the northwestern area of North Waziristan over the past
two days.
HN/SAR/MD
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US blitz continues to claim lives in Pakistan
Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:45:56 GMT
At least five people have been killed and several others
injured in two separate US drone strikes in the troubled
northwestern region of Pakistan.
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According to Pakistani officials, the Friday morning attack
took place some 15 kilometers east of Miramshah, the main
town of North Waziristan.
Missiles fired by an unmanned US drone killed at least three
people traveling in a car.
"The bodies were burned beyond recognition. We are trying to
determine their identity," Reuters quoted a regional
security official as saying.
On Thursday night, a drone strike killed at least two people
and wounded many others in the same region.
The drone targeted a house where �militants� were believed
to be hiding.
Pakistani officials have said that it's not clear whether
any high-value target was in the area at the time of the
attacks.
The death toll is expected to rise as some of the injured
were said to be in critical condition.
Hundreds of people, many of them civilians, have been killed
since 2006 in CIA-operated drone strikes in Pakistan,
according to local media.
Although Islamabad has long said the US attacks are counter-
productive and violate Pakistan's sovereignty, there are
reports that US drones take off from bases inside the
Pakistani territory.
JR/MTM/DT
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My Name <n...@e-mail.com.invalid> wrote:
Well, I believe the U.$. is itching to find a "reason" to invade
Pakistan to "secure" those Nukes.
among other reasons to stay in Afghanistan forever to Nanny the area
and to protect Israel.
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Hint; Enjoy the moment !