Posts Tagged ‘Drone Attack’

38 militants killed in Kurram, Orakzai

KURRAM/ORAKZAI – As many as 38 militants, including a key commander, were killed while 14 other sustained injuries after their positions were attacked in Kurram and Orakzai agencies on Wednesday. Political administration of Orakzai Agency has said that no US drone attack has been carried out in the agency.In Kurram Agency, clashes between forces and militants erupted in Jogi area as a result …

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US ‘worst-kept secret’ comes out

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday offered his first confirmation that the United States has engaged in drone attacks in Pakistan, the deadly aerial strikes that have outraged the Pakistani people and strained Islamabad-Washington ties.In the course of a discussion with web users on Google PLus Youtube, Obama said the drone attacks have been used to target al-Qaeda and its affiliates, …

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Pakistan contests US president’s stance

ISLAMABAD – Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdul Basit has said that the US drone attacks are unlawful, counterproductive and hence unacceptable.The Foreign Office spokesman made these remarks in response to a statement made by US President Barack Obama saying that drone aircraft had targeted militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghan border.“We are of the …

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Drone strikes unlawful, unacceptable: FO

Pakistan on Tuesday reiterated its stance on US drone attack in tribal areas, saying the strikes are unlawful, having negative implications. “Our views on drone strikes has been clear. These attacks are in violation of sovereignty”, Foreign Office spokesman said. He said that the Pakistan acknowledged ‘tactical advantage’ to US drone strikes. Earlier on Monday, US …

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Qaeda militants killed in Yemen air strike: residents

At least 11 al Qaeda militants, including a number of local leaders, were killed in an overnight air strike in southern Yemen, local residents said on Tuesday. They said an unidentified drone attacked the militants while they were travelling in two vehicles east of the city of Lawdar in Abyan province in southern Yemen. A tribal leader said at least four of those killed were local al Qaeda …

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Obama confirms drone attacks in Pakistan

US President Barrack Obama has for the first time officially acknowledged that the US drones have been hitting Taliban and al-Qaeda targets within Pakistan. When asked about the use of drones by his administration in a chat with web users on Google+ and YouTube, Obama said “a lot of these strikes have been in the FATA”, a foreign news agency reported. “For the most part, …

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US drone attacks bolster militants: Gilani

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that there was a trust deficit between Islamabad and Washington. Gilani criticised the resumption of US drone strikes in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, adding that they only served to bolster militants. We have very ably isolated militants from the local tribes. When there are drone attacks that creates sympathy for them again, Gilani …

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US drone attacks unlawful and unacceptable: Salman Bashir

Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir has said that US drone attacks are against Pakistan’s sovereignty and could not be tolerated at all.
Talking to media after attending a meeting of National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs headed by Dr Farooq Sattar here in Islamabad on Wednesday, Salman Bashir said that any decision regarding re-opening of the NATO supply routes will be made by the …

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Walkout in Senate against drone hits

ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Rehman Malik Tuesday indicated in the Upper House of the Parliament that the government would take up the matter of drone attacks in the United Nations after two opposition parties, including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazalur Rehman (JUI-F) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), staged a protest walkout from the House over the issue.
JUI-F and JI staged a token walkout from the …

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Helping drone attacks

A Reuters’ report quotes an unidentified intelligence source in Pakistan, to affirm that despite the political tension existing between Pakistan and the US, their intelligence level cooperation has been continuing. According to this source, the drone attacks, which were resumed on January 10 this year after a break of about a month and a half, were the outcome of this cooperation. This …

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Five killed in US drone attacks in North Waziristan

At least five people were killed in drone attacks in North Waziristan tribal region on Monday.
According to security officials, a US drone on Monday fired missiles into a vehicle, killing five suspected militants in North Waziristan near the Afghan border. “A US drone fired two missiles into a vehicle and four militants were killed,” a senior Pakistani security official told to a foreign news …

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Military, govt silent on drone attacks resurgence

ISLAMABAD – The resurgence of CIA drone campaign in Pakistan’s north-western tribal terrain of Waziristan region has questioned the repeated reiterations of Pakistani government and security establishment for reviewing terms of engagement with the US, giving credence to speculations that Pak-US intelligence cooperation has resumed.
Since Tuesday this week, two drone attacks in North …

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Musharraf permitted drone attacks in Pakistan: WP

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Former President Pervez Musharraf allowed the United States to launch drone attacks in country’s tribal region near Afghan border, Washington Post reported. According to the newspaper, the CIA would inform Musharraf prior to the drone attacks until the democratic government took charge in Feb 2008. The Post said by mid-2008,…

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‘Sheep and goats’ sitting in parliament: Imran

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that the parliament’s resolutions are not being implemented since sheep and goats were sitting in the house. Addressing a public gathering on Saturday, Khan said that a drone attack was launched in the tribal region just a day after the parliament approved…

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US ambassador faces legal threat after drone attack kills two boys: report

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Activists in Pakistan have warned the US ambassador they intstop of launch legal action against him and seek to have him charged over the alleged murder of two boys killed by a CIA drone strike. One of the boys had attended a conference in Islamabad highlighting the human toll from…

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Waging war on ourselves

A couple of years ago, giving a talk at a church in Seattle, I was conveying as best I could the anger Pakistanis feel toward the US about drone attacks, when a woman raised her hand and asked, “What’s a drone attack?” I give her credit for asking, but I was astounded nonetheless. Ever since then [...]

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Via DAWN.com

US preparing to vacate Shamsi airbase

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The United States is preparing to vacate Shamsi air base being used for CIA-operated drone attacks, a British report said Wednesday.
US government sources reported that the US was preparing to accede to Pakistan’s demand to vacate the air base. The move is not expected to have a significant impact…

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