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Pakistan: US drone attacks kill 10

Arnold Weber | 04.09.2010 10:55 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Terror War

Two US drone attacks have killed at least ten people in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region amid growing discontent over climbing number of civilian casualties. ... Security officials say the first strike hit a compound near Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan district. The missiles landed in an area where mainly Afghan refugees live. The identity of those killed is yet unknown. "A US drone fired two missile on a house used by militants at a compound; six militants have been killed and three wounded in this attack" AFP quoted a regional security official as saying. .....

US-DRONE attacks in Pakistan
US-DRONE attacks in Pakistan


The second attack targeted a car travelling through a small town some 30 kilometers east of Miranshah.
"US drones fired three missiles at the car, killing at least four militants inside the car," the official added
The US has carried out numerous such attacks on Pakistan's tribal areas.
The aerial raids, initiated by former US President George W. Bush, have been escalated under President Barack Obama.
Washington claims the strikes target militants. However, the attacks, conducted by CIA in coordination with the Pentagon, have reportedly killed hundreds of civilians in Pakistan since 2008.
Islamabad has repeatedly condemned the attacks, saying they violate Pakistan's sovereignty.
The issue of civilian casualties has strained relations between Islamabad and Washington with the Pakistani government repeatedly objecting to the attacks. -JR/MB  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/141089.html

US drone strike kills 6 in NW Pakistan: Aug 28, 2010 - At least six people have been killed and several others wounded in a US drone attack in the Kurram Agency in northwest Pakistan, Afghan local officials say. ......  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/140289.html

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04.09.2010 11:35

Deliberately misleading "reporting". Clearly these strikes were carefully planned and highly successful. Since terrorists use civilians (including their own, often very large families with multiple wives and children) as human shields, they are responsible for any non-combatant deaths which may occur. End of.

Reality check


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U wot !!!

04.09.2010 12:06

some reality eh ? which interntaional court hands out the death sentences to those who are targetted by these oh so well planned strikes ? Who exactly is it that decides that it is 'safe' to carry out the missions, in the sense of a) wether the information they have confirms 100% the identities of the occupants of the venicle and b) wether the use of high tech exteremely high explosive weapons is likely yo be a hazard for innocent civilians, for want of a better term. The real reality check is that you don't even consider the people being killed in these cowardly robot controlled attacks at all.
It's in a remote area NATO is running things the corporate media keeps it tight and it takes weeks for the truth about these atrocities to leak out .. GR8 reality !!

mama mia


Unjust war, illegal violence.

04.09.2010 23:35

ANTI-FASCIST COVENANT BROKEN BY DRONE STRIKES.

U.S. Judge Jackson who chaired the Nuremburg Trials wrote into international law that the planning and doing of aggressive war is the supreme international crime on the planet earth, as it actuates all other crimes high, low, big and small. He further says it is the supreme international crime whether Germany does it or the U.S.A. does it. These unjust aggressive war attacks are supreme worst sort war crime on the planet, in that they unlawfully target and destroy civilians and collectively punish the whole population and their elected government. They also make inoperable the air, land, and water, which is ecological worst sort crime. The world needs international laws that end aggressive war as foreign policy and end the axis powers discredited military methods of 1) Might makes Right, 2) Unilateralism, 3) Pre-emtive strikes. Canada's First Division says that.

Hans


The US are working with Pakistani government and have permission to do so.

05.09.2010 21:34

Sounds a clean strike to me. Good job

Corporal


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