Over the past 24 hours US drones have launched multiple drone strikes against tribal areas inside of Pakistan, killing at least 48 people across multiple sites and injuring dozens of others.
The largest of the attacks hit North Waziristan Agency overnight, where one of the attacks on a home killed at least 25 “suspects.” If confirmed this would be the largest toll for a single strike since the June 2009 attack of a funeral procession.
The attacks come as tensions between the US and Pakistan have dramatically escalated in recent weeks, and just days after the Obama Administration announced a halt of military aid to the Pakistani forces. In response, Pakistan is threatening to withdraw a number of its troops from the regions along the Afghan border.
Pakistan has repeatedly demanded that the US end its drone strikes, and while the calls were long seen as insincere, they have recently demanded that the US leave the Shamsi air base, a base in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province from which drones are continuing to be launched. The US has said it does not intend to leave.
This has been another undeclared war for years now. It's just like the others with us fighting some clans while we back other tribes. Where will it end? I honestly think it will end in the complete destabization of Pakistan and possibly civil war.
Didn't they outlaw mustard gas by some kind of a treaty? And maybe land mines too? Why can't someone at least start discussions on outlawing this drone warfare extra-judicial assassinations? Where is Amnesty International or other human rights groups?
The US and Israel refuse to sign such biased treaties that would forbid them from slaughtering innocent women and children.
So when countriies ask the USA to remove their military from their soil, the USA believes it has the right to continue their presence in those lands. Wow, what hubris. What at sovereign borders all about if they are not to exclude those that are not welcome. Should the same policy apply to Israel? I believe that the USA by its unlawful incursions into Iraq, Afghanastan and Libya has violated the most sacred of international laws. Who will bring them to justice?
World pressure IS rapidly gathering, and aligned against terrorist, imperialist, amerika. Most amerikans, including the fascist war mongers in washington, are totally clueless, in denial, that the collapse of the empire IS happening, NOW !
I hope you're right but honestly I don't see any world pressure gathering against the empire. It seems like Europe is the same old lap dog, even more actually since the French have changed their brave opposition to Bush's wars. Anyway, I hope you're right.
A bunch of fat geeks sit at a desk in Nevada somewhere and play a video game on their computer, replete with XBOX-like controls, in which they kill real people. After an 8 hour shift they drive home and have dinner with the missus and kids. Sickening. Completely gut the Pentagon budget and build things here. Some of us would like to start receiving paychecks again.
"completely gut the pentagon budget"
Interesting idea in several levels. It makes the point that it is your money and mine that is bankrolling these drone strikes. Those fat geeks might feel even bad. And they are just doing their job just as we are just paying our taxes. Should they let the missus and kids starve?
Interesting idea in several levels. If they decide on the other side that they too have a right to keep their missus and kids safe, will it be okay for them to come over here and drone everybody who pays takes and/or pulls the lever in those machines that are killing them by their scores in their own homes, their schools, their parties? Hmmm…
"…they are just doing their job…"
So were SS.
American have become mad and if a super power behaves like a untrusty, immoral, brutal and killer and biggest liers in the world.
Still americans why we hate them?
New CIA chief is already a mad man and nothing good be expected from america a nototious state of killers.
Pakistan stop talking give them as much time as you think they need to leave and if they are still there blow them up.China is right with you and will help if America starts a full scale war with you.They already are illegaly bombing your country they would mnever allow that in America of course unless it was them doing it.Example9/11
Kill, kill, kill! Damn savages hate us for our freedoms. Mostly our freedoms to shoot them but our freedoms nonetheless.
we sure do know how to kill people neatly…no muss,no fuss…just push the button…if the mans extended family is in the house,well too bad,and all those children were going to grow up to be terrorists anyway…that is called being proactive…u.s.a!! u.s.a!! u.s.a!!!!!!!!!!!
Nothin good will cum from the cowardly drones,,,,, It's a tactical error to use them….. Any kid can build 1 and when the US assets becum the targets…… Oh well…..
The drone attacks are not only killing innocent women and children, but also spreading brain tumor by omitting radiations. Eight to ten patients report daily in Peshawar hospitals suffering from brain tumor. They all belong to the Pakistan/Afghan border areas where the drones are operating and bombing. I want to awake the conscience of peace loving Americans. If there are any!