Droning on
Saturday, June 20, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Saturday, June 20, 2009
The US policy of targeted drone attacks continues. Twelve people have been killed in a strike on the compound of a Taliban commander in South Waziristan. The strikes are obviously based on sound intelligence. But this cannot detract from the fact that the innocent too die; there is no tally of the women and children killed since the drones first flew over our skies – but without doubt the figure runs to scores. There had in recent months been some suggestion that the US may reconsider its drone policy. Pakistan has requested that it be provided with pilotless planes to take charge of the strike policy itself.
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The US policy of targeted drone attacks continues. Twelve people have been killed in a strike on the compound of a Taliban commander in South Waziristan. The strikes are obviously based on sound intelligence. But this cannot detract from the fact that the innocent too die; there is no tally of the women and children killed since the drones first flew over our skies – but without doubt the figure runs to scores. There had in recent months been some suggestion that the US may reconsider its drone policy. Pakistan has requested that it be provided with pilotless planes to take charge of the strike policy itself.
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Labels: Drone Attacks, Drones, War on Terror, Waziristan
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