By Tom Eley
http://www.countercurrents.org/eley250609.htm
On Tuesday, an unmanned US Predator drone fired missiles into a funeral procession in the Pakistani region of South Waziristan, killing as many as 80 people and maiming dozens more. It was the deadliest US attack within Pakistan to date
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Last Sunday, US drones fired missiles at a home in the South Waziristan district of Makeen, killing at least five. On Thursday, June 18, a US drone bombed a house close to the capital of South Waziristan, Wana, killing one. When villagers ran to rescue those they feared trapped in the rubble, the unmanned plane fired its missiles again, killing 12 more. Tuesday’s attack on the funeral procession in the village of Najmaral, also in the Makeen district, appears to have been aimed at Pakistani militant leader Baitulla Mehsud. Mehsud was not at the funeral, which was held for a tribal leader and six others killed in that morning’s attack. The increasing carnage inflicted on the Pakistanis is the direct result of the escalation of military violence in both Afghanistan and Pakistan ordered by President Obama. The new administration has already sent an additional 12,000 US soldiers as part of a “surge” that will bring the US troop presence in Afghanistan by the end of the year to 60,000.
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bombing a funeral, that just low and desperate. i think shame on you
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if ya got it fluant it. but dont huant it
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It's easy to kill from a distance without looking someone in the eye-right idealist.
How would you feel if Canada was using drones to attack french speaking seperatists in upstate New York and New England and Mexico doing the same to narcos in the southwest. The last time I checked Pakistan was friendly territory. Send in real people and stop this collateral damage bullshit. Identify the target before you kill it.
