U.S. senators defend Pakistan drone attacks

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Source: reuters

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – U.S. senators defended on Friday American drone aircraft strikes in Pakistan, an issue likely to become more volatile if Washington intensifies the attacks to hunt down enemies after the bombing of CIA agents in Afghanistan.

Pakistan officially objects to the drone attacks, saying they violate its sovereignty. And it has pushed Washington to provide it with the drones to allow it to carry out its own attacks.

"We don't agree on every issue. We believe that, as I have stated and as our government has stated, that it is one of many tools that we must use to try to defeat a very determined and terrible enemy," said U.S. Senator John McCain.

There have been a high number of pilotless drone aircraft attacks in Pakistan since a double agent blew himself up at a U.S. base in Afghanistan on December 30, killing seven CIA agents.


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[lib2DaBone]

1. OK..I'll go ahead and say it... the U.S. WANTS this WOT....

By the time Sen McCain and his Goldman Sachs buddies are finished.. we are going to be the most hated (or already are) the most hated country in the world.

"politically charged issue"... gee.. ya think? Just because we kill women and 4 year old children?

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The subject of drones was raised when a delegation of U.S. senators led by McCain met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday.

The delegation also met Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, as well as army chief general Ashfaq Kayani. He is the most important official because the military makes security decisions and effectively sets foreign policy.

Drone attacks are a politically charged issue between the United States and ally Pakistan, which Washington sees as the front-line state in its war against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Pakistan fears the strikes could undermine efforts to deal with militancy because the civilian casualties inflame public anger and bolster support for the fighters.

[shadowknows69]

3. +1

[dipsydoodle]

2. Insufficient care

to prevent civilian casualties is a war crime.

[shadowknows69]

4. +1

[pjt7]

5. My question is when does Pakistan really put it's foot

down & say's stop killing our innocents & stop having blackwater blow-shit up or we wil declare war on you.

[shadowknows69]

6. When they have a bigger army than us

Or we finally piss the radicals off enough that they grab a nuke and wipe out half of AFG/PAK.

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. Who decides what is sufficent care?

Is any civilian casualty automatically a war crime?