Do U.S. drones kill Pakistani extremists or recruit them?

McClatchy by Jonathan S. Landay | Apr. 8, 2009 (News Report)

Even as the Obama administration launches new drone attacks into Pakistan's remote tribal areas, concerns are growing among U.S. intelligence and military officials that the strikes are bolstering the Islamic insurgency by prompting Islamist radicals to disperse into the country's heartland.

Al Qaida, Taliban and other militants who've been relocating to Pakistan's overcrowded and impoverished cities may be harder to find and stop from staging ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World
Topics: Afghanistan, Pakistan
Member Tags: Robot Drone Murders, Department of Offense
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Apr 8, 2009 - 6:05 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Peter L. Combs (review), Randy Morrow (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Apr 8, 2009 - 6:13 PM PDT
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Peter L. Combs
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 by Peter L. Combs - Apr. 11, 2009

Well assembled look into the accelerating collapse of Pakistan's weak government. Illustrates clearly the deeper problem evolving in Pakistan of Pakistan's foolish opening of the country top terrorists, no filtering into the neighborhoods. One branch of the Gov. opposes and the Military support the drones...The picture painted is not a good one.

When Pakistan started their pathetic appeasement program with the Taliban and Al Qaida months ago and then more recently the turning over of the Swat Valley inside Pakistan I expressed concern of what is happening would happen. Its a done deal now, the US and Pakistan's neighbors need to remove Pakistan's nukes, by force if needed. Al Qaida and the Taliban are there for one reason..ready to go NUKES. Hardly a secret.

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Dwight Rousu
3.6
 by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 8, 2009

The views of military personnel are given anonymously. There seems to be conflation of Taliban and al Qaeda in attempts to refer to the enemy, and it is not clear if that is a military conflation or a journalistic conflation. The historical point is missing that the CIA used the ISI to fund al Qaida in Afghanistan to fight the Russians. It should be no surprise that there are close ties still today.

High tech assassinations do not seem to be a way to win hearts and minds, and the article suggests some military and intelligence people are speaking to that point.

“The who’s who of extremism is present in Karachi,” said Faisal Ali Subzwari, a Sindh government minister. “There are many areas where police and ... More »

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Apr. 9, 2009
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