US Drone Strikes Increase in Pakistan: 31 Killed Since Wednesday
Today's Attack Destroyed a House, Killing Seven
With US-Pakistan relations getting worse all the time, the unpopular drone program seems to be escalating, with the fourth major strike since Wednesday pounding a house in Hasso Khel, killing the seven people within.
Pakistani officials say that the identities of the slain are entirely unknown, but seemed to shrug that off by saying that the house was in a neighborhood “known for harboring Uzbeks.”
The overall death toll for the four attacks is at least 31. Four were killed yesterday in an attack on a bakery, with officials labeling all of those slain in the bakery as “militants” too. On Wednesday and Thursday two attacks killed 10 people each.
Pakistan’s parliament has demanded an end to all US drone strikes, making this a condition for reopening the border to NATO supplies in occupied Afghanistan. The US says that it expects the border to open “soon,” but has ruled out ending the strikes.
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Tom Mauel
May 27th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
The arrogance of the U.S. in dealing with Pakistan is hard to comprehend. It appears this is the end of the line for this whole insane policy. The Obama administration appears to be set on igniting a civil war in Pakistan, just as it has already done recently in Yemen and appears intent on deepening the conflict in Somalia.
the Lion
May 27th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
America is in the UN Security council arguing that Syrias Government is bad for killing its own civilian citizens, whilst America is out there murdering civilians of another country it is not at war with and has recently argued that the President of said United States has the right to execute American Citizens without trial in foreign countries……………
Does anyone else see the Hypocracy here!!!!!!!!!!