Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The U.S. Drone War In Pakistan Is Back

6 Strikes, 8 Days, 35 Dead: The U.S. Drone War In Pakistan Is Back -- Danger Room

The sixth U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2013 has killed at least eight people, as if to announce the impending arrival at the CIA of the drone campaign’s chief advocate.

About 19 miles east of Mirin Shah, the main city in the tribal province of North Waziristan, at least one missile fired by a U.S. Predator or Reaper hit a compound Monday night, killing an alleged, unnamed “foreign tactical trainer” for al-Qaida, according to Pakistani intelligence sources talking to Reuters. Another strike hit the nearby village of Eissu Khel, the Long War Journal reports. In addition to the alleged al-Qaida member, at least seven others were killed and three more were injured.

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My Comment: Again ... no Congressional debate .... no anti-war protests in America .... lmited news coverage .... no outrage from from the media/pundits/academia .... just fighting a war and hoping that the blow-back (and there will be blow-back one day) will not be that severe.

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