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U.S drone attacks continue, 8
more killed
WSN Network
PESHAWAR: As
part of a consolidated attack on the entrenched Taliban inside
Pakistan areas, the US drone attacks continue despite apaprent
protests of
Islamabad
and probably in collusion with the political bosses and the army.
Even on Tuesday, a U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles near the
Afghan border which killed at least eight people.
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American
drone attacks on the border between
Afghanistan
and Pakistan are causing a massive humanitarian emergency in the
area. And it’s a widely known truth that they do not take place
without
Pakistan’s
sanction and covert support. |
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The U.S. has
carried out about 40 drone air strikes since the beginning of last
year, most since September, killing more than 320 people, according
to a tally of reports from Pakistani security officials, district
government officials and residents. There have been 16 attacks this
year, with five in April.
While the
attacks have evoked widespread criticism among the civilian
population in Pakistan, the government has adopted a hypocritical
approach to the drone attacks -- publicly claiming that they violate
its sovereignty and undermine efforts to deal with militancy because
they inflame public anger and bolster militant support.
But a senior
U.S. lawmaker, Senator Dianne Feinstein, told a U.S. Senate hearing
in February that drones were being operated and flown from an air
base inside Pakistan. The Pakistani army has, of course officially
denied that saying there was no permission for the strikes, nor had
there even been.
The latest
attack took place in the mountainous region of
South Waziristan,
a known Al Qaeda and Taliban hotbed. At least five militants were
killed on Saturday in a separate drone attack, also in the same
region.
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May 2009
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