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India-Pakistan
US drone attacks kill 14 in NW Pakistan
2010-03-11
[Iran Press TV Latest] Two US drone attacks on Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region have killed at least 14 people and injured a number of others.

Eight people were killed when a drone fired five missiles at a vehicle in Mizar Madakhel village, Pakistani intelligence officials confirmed on Wednesday.

The second drone fired three missiles at villagers, who were recovering bodies from the site of the first attack, killing six others, Press TV correspondent reported. Several Pakistanis were also wounded in the strikes.

The US carried out numerous such attacks on Pakistan's tribal areas last year, killing hundreds of people -- mostly civilians.

Washington claims the strikes target pro-Taliban militants. Islamabad has repeatedly condemned the attacks, saying they violate Pakistan's sovereignty.

Earlier in March, a Washington-based think-tank reported that US drone attacks have killed over 1200 people in Pakistan over the past six years.
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Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2010-03-11 14:25  

#4  Washington Examiner reports Barader is "singing like a male canary", becoming a vital source of info on the area.
Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091   2010-03-11 09:59  

#3  Islamabad has repeatedly condemned the attacks, saying they violate Pakistan's sovereignty

Even though the drones launch from airfields in Pak Baluchistan.
Posted by: Snique Bourbon4350   2010-03-11 05:23  

#2  Only 2%? It's 78% of the other 98% that need attending to. I'll join the call for mass application of gravity bombs....
Posted by: M. Murcek   2010-03-11 03:10  

#1  US drone attacks have killed over 1200 people in Pakistan over the past six years.

Hmmm, that's 200 people per year. Quite a crowd if you could get them all in one place, a convenient but unlikely circumstance.

According to the always interesting and sometimes factual Wikipedia, the Land of the Pure has a murder rate of 6.86/100,000 with a population of around 166,000,000 which works out to roughly 11,000 corpses annually. So our ghastly 200 zapees is only about 2% of the total - a mere drop the bucket. I doubt they will be missed, except by their Mums.
Posted by: SteveS   2010-03-11 01:19  

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