There is a mood of panic in the Shawal area of Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency this evening, after US drones fired eight missiles against a house in the district, near the Afghan border, killing 13 people.
None of the people killed in the attack have been identified, but all were predictably labeled suspects by officials. Drones still loomed overheard during the evening, with locals concerned it meant more attacks are coming.
Pakistan’s government has been trying to end the use of drones for attacks against Pakistani territory, warning the US that the policy is counterproductive. The most recent Pakistani proposal is to grant the US near limitless “surveillance” power in Pakistan in return for ending the attacks.
The US, however, has ruled out ever ending the attacks, citing the number of “militants” they have killed. The exact number is a matter of major dispute, as President Obama’s term in office alone has seen the deaths of thousands of Pakistani tribesmen, but only about 1 in 40 people killed are ever identified.
If only the Pakistani's showed some guts and shot down a couple of drones the strikes will stop instantly.
Pakistan and Pakistan alone is responsible for allowing the murder of its people at the hands of these American killers.
Show some pride Pakistan and shoot down the drones.
They don't because the Pakistani military are evidently gutless cowards who must like seeing their own people killed. Surely you'd think some missile crew or fighter pilot would be pissed-off enough to try it. Maybe after some of their own family members get killed by these drones, they will.
When I read "as President Obama’s term in office alone has seen the deaths of thousands of Pakistani tribesmen," I get the impression that the new near/middle east map I saw, with Northern Pakistan belonging to Afghanistan, is wanted to be reach by terminating the existant leaders or stucture of society by drones, should prepare the new US puppets getting the top.
Who does know more about this?