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Pakistan Drone Planes

Pakistan Drone Planes

FNC is saying (now confirmed) that the US is using a Pakistani airport to launch military drones to attack terrorists. Whatever uproar there was about the US entering Pakistan is now confirmed that the US is already 'in' there carrying out operations. What are your thoughts?

Planes Drone Pakistan

U.S. Military, Pakistan carrying out Predator drone missions together

The U.S. Military has begun flying armed Predator drones inside Pakistan and has given Pakistani officers significant control over targets, flight routes and decisions to launch attacks under a new joint operation, according to U.S. Officials familiar with the program. Ref. Source 4

Pakistan Drone Planes History & Civil Business Politics

We have been friends with pakistan for awhile now. I am sure that all of this was planned well over a year or two ago.

Planes Drone Pakistan

CIA Secrecy on Drone Attacks Data Hides Abuses:

In April, The News, a newspaper in Lahore, Pakistan, published figures provided by Pakistani officials indicating that 687 civilians have been killed along with 14 al Qaeda leaders in some 60 drone strikes since January 2008 - just over 50 civilians killed for every al Qaeda leader. Ref. Source 6

Planes Drone Pakistan

Hundreds of slaughtered civilians isn't a 'huge number' for Obama:

Those drone attacks, carried out by unmanned aircraft controlled thousands of miles away, don't do a lot of harm, said the president. Ref. Source 2

Pakistan Drone Planes

High court rejects first UK challenge to CIA's drone campaign:

The case was brought by Noor Khan, a Pakistani national whose father was killed in a drone strike in March 2011. The strike, which killed over 40 people, mostly civilians who had gathered to resolve a mining dispute, is one of the bloodiest on record. Khan has also launched court action against drone strikes in Pakistan. Ref. Source 7

Pakistan Drone Planes

US waiting for blowback after drone killing of Pakistani ally:

A US drone attack killed an important senior militant commander in Pakistan on Thursday. The Taliban leader was on good terms with the Pakistan military, which makes his death a contentious issue. Ref. Source 4

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U.S. Drone policy killing hundreds of innocents, Obama says it's okay:

Part of the problem for the U.S. Is that Pashtun culture requires vengeance for murder, so when innocent men are killed, it drives sons and those around them into terrorist hands in a quest for vengeance. In this way, the drone policy is creating more terrorists. Ref. Source 6