Image: MMQ1 Assassination Predator Drones at Shamsi Airbase, Feb. 2006 Photo, Google Earth, The TimesU.S. Departs Pakistan Base, Source Says -- CNN
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- U.S. military personnel have left a southern base in Pakistan said to be a key hub for American drone operations in the country's northwestern tribal areas, a senior Pakistani intelligence official told CNN on Friday.
Drones are said to take off and get refueled for operations against Islamic militants from the Shamsi Air Base in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
News of a possible U.S. departure comes amid a public furor over American drone attacks, which have killed civilians.
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Update: Shamsi Air Base taken back from CIA, US forces -- International News
My Comment: Aside from all the public talk, these actions say volumes on the present state of U.S. - Pakistan relations. I guess that this also means that future U.S. - Pakistan anti-terror operations are probably now in the crapper.
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