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
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
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"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. ......
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Unjust war, illegal violence.
04.09.2010 23:35
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
Corporal