US drones fired a number of missiles against the North Waziristan Agency of Pakistan today, killing at least eight people that officials termed “suspected militants.” The strikes were the third salvo in the week and a half since the death of Osama bin Laden.
The number of strikes would not have been unusual earlier in the year, but after a period of relative calm they suggest the Obama Administration is once again pushing for an escalation against the tribal areas.
The escalation couldn’t come at a worse time for the Pakistani military, which is under growing scrutiny for allowing the US to conduct a raid against Abbottabad unnoticed. The Pakistani military has repeatedly demanded the US stop the drone strikes in recent weeks, and the strikes again give the appearance that they have no control over what the US decides to do.
The drone strikes are likely to be even more controversial going forward as, despite repeated US insistence that Osama bin Laden and others were in Pakistan’s tribal areas, he was found in Abbottabad, not far from the capital city but far from the tribal lands so often under attack.
How do we, you know, the American people, the ones in whose name and on whose dime they are doing these assassinations, know that these are actually "militants?" What is the definition of and justification for killing militants?
Because FAUX News and the government say it is. The government never lies and they're too stupid and brainwashed to even question it.
US dragging Pakistan towards War by repeatedly dishonouring the Pakistani request to stop drone attacks and killing innocent people by completely disregarding the value of human life.
Thousands of innocent children and Women are being murdered within Pakistan mericeleslsy by Americans which is triggering a reaction again inside Pakistan. The current crisis in World as a whole and particularly in Pakistan is only and only due to American Antimuslim policies.
Pakistan should wake up now and its time to give an absolute response to american unlilateral actions and cut off all cooperation. Pakistan would only loose 1.5 Billion USD …thats it…
The US thinks it can invade peoples sovernty and kill civilians and don't care what the worlds laws say.Soon we are going to see the us and Pakisan at war.Pakistan should shoot anything that comes in there air space.All the US is good for is breaking laws and killing it's unbelivable US citizens are not taking to the streets in large numbers demanding a stop to the murders and war.They have there own citizens scared of being killed for speaking agaist there illegal wars they are no longer a free country they are just bad liers that I can't belive more don't see.They are destroying there country and there citizens are letting it happen along with losing there own rights.
The US and Pakistan will NEVER be at war. This is all a show.
"Under its terms, Pakistan would allow US forces to conduct a unilateral raid inside Pakistan in search of Bin Laden, his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and the al-Qaida No3. Afterwards, both sides agreed, Pakistan would vociferously protest the incursion."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/09/osama…
Besides the illegal drone killings that bkill peoplke without a chance at justice innocents are being killed including many kids.The US can't expect us to belive they don't enjoy unreast in the middel east Pakistan is going to have to go to war with the US or face having a cival war with there own citizens.I'm sure they would fight Americans then there own citizens that want to live without the fear of illegal killings.Last night there was a suicide boming that killed 80 people in Pakistan this could turn into a third world war witch it seems the US can care less it's only millions if not billions including there own citizens well the people responsible hide like the cowards they are in underground bunkers that are probably nicer than most houses.Devil worshipers the US is the cause of almost all wars in the world again with no care for any form of life.Please just follow the Geniva laws and your own constitutional laws.
What Pakistani opposition? Do you mean all the yap, feigned indignation and idle threats? Thanks to WikiLeaks, we now know that the US and Pakistan stroke a deal about 10 years ago where, in exchange for large sums of American taxpayer dollars, the US were given free range to do as they please in Pakistan while the government quacked about, pretending to be mad and such. It's all a PR stunt to fool the Pakistanis. Amerikans are too stupid to pay attention to that.