3 Killed, Kids Hurt as Fury Grows Over U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan
Source: CNN
3 killed, kids hurt as fury grows over U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan
Posted at 8:03 am by: CNN's Josh Levs
Missiles blew up part of a compound Wednesday in northwest Pakistan, killing three people including one woman a government official said.
The latest suspected U.S. drone strike also injured two children, military officers said.
Militants lived in the compound, but so did civilians, the officers said.
Theres growing fury over the U.S. pounding of areas known to be home to al Qaeda operatives, mainly in tribal zones along Pakistans border with Afghanistan. A recent independent study said hundreds of civilians, including 176 children, have been killed in the attacks over the last eight years.
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Solly Mack
(90,764 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)This is an interesting article about the "mind set" of our Dem Administration.
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2012/10/23/obama-adviser-robert-gibbs-blames-denver-teens-terrorist-father-for-his-drone-death/
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)I'll hold my nose and vote against Romney, but Gibbs and company do NOT represent me!
kath
(10,565 posts)truth2power
(8,219 posts)I'm so happy to have someone like him to do my thinking for me.
I feel safer already.
AndyTiedye
(23,500 posts)
promises to do either exactly the same or much worse, on alternate days of the week.
meta1
(15 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)meta1
(15 posts)Este es un artículo interesante
rachel1
(538 posts)because if drone strikes were launched by a foreign military on US soil some people, if not most, of us would be quite indifferent or supportive, right?