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No Drone Strike In Pakistan Since Christmas Day -- International News (Pakistan)
PESHAWAR: The London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism in its latest report said there has been no report of a drone strike in Pakistan since Christmas Day, making this the longest pause in drone strikes in the country since 2007.
It quoted unnamed US officials as saying that the attacks have been stopped during peace talks between the Pakistan government and the Pakistan Taliban (TTP). Rahimullah Yusufzai, the Pakistani journalist who is part of the negotiating team, confirmed to the Bureau that Islamabad had requested the pause: “Pakistani officials have discussed this with the US ambassador [to Pakistan] and said that serious talks would be derailed by a drone strike,” he said.
The report recalled that on February 17 peace talks collapsed following unremitting violence by the TTP. The militants killed scores of people, including 23 members of the Frontier Corps, before the negotiations eventually halted.
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My Comment: I guess this report is accurate .... Obama orders pause on drone strikes in Pakistan for peace talks with Taliban: report -- New York Daily News
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If so, just like LBJ and the B-52s during Nam.
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