Saturday, March 3, 2012

An On the Ground Report In Pakistan On The Impact That America's Drone War Is Having On The Taliban

My Drone War -- Pir Zubair Shah, Foreign Policy

American drones have changed everything for al Qaeda and its local allies in Pakistan, becoming a fact of life in a secret war that is far from over.

"We don't even sit together to chat anymore," the Taliban fighter told me, his voice hoarse as he combed his beard with his fingers. We were talking in a safe house in Peshawar as the fighter and one of his comrades sketched a picture of life on the run in the borderlands of Waziristan. The deadly American drones buzzing overhead, the two men said, had changed everything for al Qaeda and its local allies.

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My Comment: So the Taliban are having a hard time .... being forced to move all the time as well as sleeping outside. Hmmmm .... too bad.

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