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joelz

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5. I guess MLK was right when he
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 08:57 PM
Jun 2012

said the biggest purveyor on violence in the world was the U.S.A. not much has changed since 1967.
Pakistan on Tuesday summoned a senior US diplomat and lodged a protest over "unlawful" drone attacks on northwestern tribal areas, the foreign ministry said.

Richard Hoagland, the US charge d'affaires, was called to the foreign ministry and was "officially conveyed the government's serious concern regarding drone strikes in Pakistani territory", the ministry said in a statement.

Hoagland was informed that the drone strikes were "unlawful, against international law and a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty," the statement said.

http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/pakistan-summons-us-diplomat-over-illegal-drones

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