Anger in Pakistan at US plan to expand drone attacks against Taliban and al-Qaida targets

Sources in the US administration confirmed that the White House has received recommendations from the military about an escalation in the use of the CIA's unmanned drones to launch missile attacks. At present, attacks are confined to the tribal areas in the north-west of the country. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Mar 19, 2009 - 12:40 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Mar 19, 2009 - 12:40 AM PDT

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Kenneth Sibbett
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by Kenneth Sibbett - Mar. 19, 2009

While I know the Pakistani government will catch hell, it's not the Pakistanis the drones are after, it's al-Qaida and the Taliban. The authors make it plain that this will enrage Pakistan.I have to put my patriotic hat on here, which I seldom do. U.S. Solders are at an extreme disadvantage in this type of fight.

Where is the rest of the world in this shit?

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Peter L. Combs
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by Peter L. Combs - Mar. 19, 2009

A good update to the momentum of the collapse of Pakistan's Fragile Government. The Pakistani government has been reduced to defending the Terrorists in their midst to whom they have provided safe haven. Between the lines this is a BIG story. The Drone attacks are a side-note.

THis is just another step for the Taliban and al-Qaida in assuming cultural and then political control of Pakistan. The current government there is embracing the very monsters who will liquidate them, just as the Taliban had done in Afghanistan. Its time Pakistan issue a warning to the inhabitants to get out...before the Drone attacks escalate.

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Mar. 19, 2009
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