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''The government of Pakistan strongly condemns the US drone attack that occurred in North Waziristan,'' a Foreign Ministry statement said. ''Such attacks are in total contravention of international law and established norms of interstate relations.''

http://bit.ly/Jnv68w



U.S. kills innocent girls

Hard on the heels of Khar-Grossman talks in which Pakistan turned down the US request to let Nato supplies pass through, the US ended its month-long hiatus in drone warfare and claimed that it had killed four suspected militants and wounded two others holed up in a girls' school in North Waziristan on Sunday. The truth is that the attack left four young girls dead.

http://bit.ly/JcGN4i



U.S. Kills Ten People In NW Pakistan

At least 10 people were killed and one was injured in a U.S. drone strike early Saturday morning in Pakistan s northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local Urdu TV channel Express.

http://en.trend.az/regions/world/ocountries/2022435.html



2 Pakistani lawsuits pressure government to deal with CIA drone strikes

Although Pakistan s leaders have complained bitterly about CIA drones targeting militants on their country s soil, they seem powerless to stop them. Now attorneys for drone strike victims want to know why the government has failed to act.

http://wapo.st/JOJifW


From Information Clearing House

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The president s private war

Fox News Forum
by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

05/03/12

Did you know that the United States government is using drones to kill innocent people in Pakistan? Did you know that the Pakistani government has asked President Obama to stop it and he won t? Did you know that Pakistan is a sovereign country that has nuclear weapons and is an American ally? Last week, the Obama administration not only acknowledged the use of the drones; it also revealed that it has plans to increase the frequency and ferocity of the attacks...

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/03/president-private-war



U.S. drone strike in Pakistan kills 8 suspected militants

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald

05/06/12

An American drone fired a volley of missiles into a house close to the Afghan border on Saturday, killing eight suspected militants and indicating U.S. resolve to continue with the attacks despite renewed Pakistani opposition, officials said. The strike in North Waziristan was the second American drone operation in Pakistan this week...

http://www.thonline.com/news/national_world/article_883c067e-6a0c-58f0-9f53-e918aefcdc8b.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Matthew Rothschild

In Bush s last three years in office, the U.S. launched 39 drone attacks in Pakistan. In Obama s first three years, that number jumped to 241.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31081.htm



Pakistan, US exploring joint ownership of drone attacks

Pakistan and the United States have begun exploring various options for joint ownership of drone attacks against militant targets in the tribal belt after the US flatly refused to stop the predator strikes.

http://bit.ly/Jqef91



US 'kills three militants' in Pakistan

Three ''militants'' were killed and two others wounded in a US drone attack in Pakistan s restive tribal region near the Afghan border on Sunday, security officials said.

http://bit.ly/JTpA1w


From Information Clearing House



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In a rare show of unity, the government and opposition joined on Thursday to present the United States with a list of stringent demands, including an immediate end to C.I.A. drone strikes, that were cast in uncompromising word.

http://nyti.ms/Jf1H0H



US won t stop CIA strikes in Pakistan

Officials noted that they would work in the near future to try and mend ties with Pakistan, but if suspected terrorist targets are detected by the CIA drone s hellfire missiles lasers, they will shoot

http://rt.com/news/pakistan-us-nato-demands-022/


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Pakistan has told the White House it no longer will permit U.S. drones to use its airspace to attack militants and collect intelligence on al-Qaeda and other groups, according to officials involved in the talks.

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Pakistan Tells America: Remove Your Drones

On Tuesday a Pakistani Parliamentary Commission demanded that American drones end military operations inside the country.

http://www.thefreshoutlook.com/?p=10444



Opposition to block NATO supplies restoration

Opposition to block NATO supplies restoration Islamabad-Opposition parties have vowed that they would block every move towards restoration of NATO supply. The opposition parties had a meeting at Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman s residence in Islamabad.

http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=146654



U.S. kills 4 people in Pakistan

A US drone launched a missile attack on a militant compound in Pakistan s northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border early Friday, killing four insurgents, security officials said.

http://bit.ly/HvrVAx



Obama Administration Silencing Pakistani Drone-Strike Lawyer

By Medea Benjamin

The U.S. media has little interest in airing the stories of dirt poor people in faraway lands who contradict the convenient narrative that drone strikes only kill ''militants.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31035.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Robots Kill, But the Blood Is on Our Hands
http://warisacrime.org/content/robots-kill-blood-our-hands

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US Plans No Charges Over Deadly November Strike in Pakistan

Eric Schmitt, The New York Times News Service: ''The United States military has decided that no service members will face disciplinary charges for their involvement in a NATO airstrike in November that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, an accident that plunged relations between the two countries to new depths and has greatly complicated the allied mission in Afghanistan.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8087-us-plans-no-charges-over-deadly-november-strike-in-pakistan

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US: Despite civilian casualties and Pakistani disapproval, drone strikes will continue
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10958/



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/03/14-5

The Drone Secrecy Farse
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/03/14-10



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Around 400 Pakistani soldiers and dozens of political administration officials in North Waziristan s Mir Ali subdivision narrowly escaped a drone attack on Saturday night when a missile fired by a spy plane hit the wreckage of the US drone that had crashed in the area on Saturday.

http://bit.ly/xQGxAm



US kills 13 people in Pakistan

A US drone killed at least eight ''militants'' yesterday when it fired two missiles on a vehicle in Pakistan s tribal area near the Afghan border, security officials said.

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UK : GCHQ civilian staff face war crimes charge over drone strikes in Pakistan

Human rights lawyers claim in High Court that civilians are 'parties to murders'.

http://bit.ly/w6vJRr


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Pakistan: Latest US drone strike kills 15

National Post [Canada]

03/13/12

U.S. drone aircraft struck twice in Pakistan s unruly tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 15 suspected militants, including two senior commanders of the Pakistan Taliban, security and intelligence officials said...

http://natpo.st/zhNLce


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Up to 10,000 tribesmen gathered in Miranshah bazaar shouting ''Death to America'' and ''Stop drone attacks in Pakistan'' at the rally organised by Pakistan's largest religious party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), witnesses said.

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Families of slaughtered children to sue the CIA

Reprieve, a legal action charity based out of London, UK, has delivered a complaint to the United Nations on behalf of the families of slain Pakistani civilians.

http://rt.com/usa/news/pakistan-drone-un-reprieve-043/



Hundreds of Pakistanis protest against US drone strikes

Tribesmen from North Waziristan s tribal region also joined the sit-in in front of the parliament building in Islamabad, demanding the Pakistani government to end its alliance with the US in the so-called war on terror.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/228558.html


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Obama Terror Drones

CIA Targeting Rescuers and Funerals

By Chris Woods and Christina Lamb

The CIA s drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30449.htm



US Kills 10 People In Pakistan

A United States drone targeted a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan today, killing 10 suspected militants, officials said.

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US kills 14 people in Pakistan

A US drone attack today in North Waziristan, in Pakistan has killed about 14 people.

http://bit.ly/w394PO



How the CIA s fake aid projects put real humanitarian workers at risk in Pakistan

The US has been exploiting aid operations as cover for CIA agents and black ops.

http://tgr.ph/yfDtCw



US kills 21 people in Pakistan

At least 21 ''suspected'' militants were killed on Thursday when U.S. drones carried out two airstrikes in northwest Pakistan s tribal region, Pakistani intelligence officials said. Several others were injured.

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Pakistan Foreign Minister: ''No unilateral action at any level, of any type. Like Abbottabad. Like what happened in Salala,'' The News quoted Khar, as saying.

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Spies in the sky

CounterPunch
by Christopher Brauchli

02/04/12

Permitting the United States to fly drones wherever it wants is the price a country may have to pay for friendship with the United States. Some countries may think that price too high...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/02/03/spies-in-the-sky/


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Senators across party lines urging the government first and foremost to implement the recommendation of the parliamentary committee on national security to shoot down US Predators entering Pakistani territory. They were lodging their protest over the recent drone strikes in North Waziristan which allegedly killed innocent citizens.

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Pakistan PM bemoans 'trust deficit' with US

Pakistans' prime minister said today that there was ''a trust deficit'' between Islamabad and Washington as he criticised the resumption of US drone strikes on his countrys' tribal belt.

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Obama Confirms Pakistan Drones
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/31



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