U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta answers a question from the Indian press at the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses in Delhi, India, June 6, 2012. Panetta said in his speech that India and the United States must continue to grow in their relationship to help provide for a peaceful Asia. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
Panetta: Drone Campaign Will Continue in Pakistan -- Voice of America
The United States has no plans to curtail drone attacks on Pakistani soil, saying its right to target terrorist leaders "is about our sovereignty."
U.S. Defense secretary Leon Panetta issued the defense of the strikes Wednesday, during a visit to New Delhi. He said Washington has always made it very clear that it will defend itself, and that the strikes also benefit the Pakistani people who are often the targets of insurgents.
Panetta spoke one day after the White House confirmed the killing of al-Qaida's second-in-command, Abu Yahya al-Libi, apparently in drone strike in Pakistan's North Waziristan region. The White House said U.S. intelligence had confirmed al-Libi's death.
The U.S. characterized the strike as a major blow against al-Qaida.
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My Comment: The U.S. has spent years in developing intelligence assets on the ground in Pakistan's tribal regions, as well as the infrastructure in Afghanistan to support drone attacks and operations. The idea that they are going to stop and just walk away .... while Al Qaeda is still active and a threat in the tribal regions .... is simply not going to happen.
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