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think

(11,641 posts)
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 10:40 AM Apr 2012

US has no intention of ending drone strikes, officials say

US has no intention of ending drone strikes, officials say
Published April 14, 2012 / Associated Press
WASHINGTON – The White House has no intention to end CIA drone strikes against militant targets on Pakistani soil, U.S. officials say, possibly setting the two countries up for diplomatic tensions after Pakistan's parliament unanimously approved new guidelines for the country's troubled relationship with the United States.

U.S. officials say they will work in coming weeks and months to find common ground with Pakistan, but if a suspected terrorist target comes into the laser sights of a CIA drone's hellfire missiles, they will take the shot.

It is not the first time the U.S. has ignored Pakistan's parliament, which demanded an end to drone strikes in 2008. What is different now is that the Pakistani government is in a more fragile political state and can continue no longer its earlier practice of quietly allowing the U.S. action while publicly denouncing it, Pakistani officials say.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/14/us-has-no-intention-ending-drone-strikes-officials-say/#ixzz1s1eETUbj




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US has no intention of ending drone strikes, officials say (Original Post) think Apr 2012 OP
Are we at war with Pakistan? RC Apr 2012 #1
Fitting indeed. think Apr 2012 #2
Not even when they start returning? saras Apr 2012 #3
Lovely. BlueIris Apr 2012 #4
 

RC

(25,592 posts)
1. Are we at war with Pakistan?
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 11:19 AM
Apr 2012

The why are we attacking them and killing their people?

This might yield a clue.

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