World-News

Supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan through Pakistan were suspended on Tuesday a day after nearly 10 NATO oil tankers were attacked and torched, local media reported.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-08/16/c_131053285.htm



US kills four people in Pakistan

Four people were killed and two others were injured in a US drone attack early Tuesday morning in northwest Pakistan.

http://bit.ly/rgpVok



Investigation: U.S. Attacks In Pakistan Every Four Days, Killing 775 Civilians Since 2004

A new report from a team of British and Pakistani journalists finds one U.S. drone strike occurs every four days in Pakistan. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan have killed as many as 775 civilians, including 168 children, since 2004.

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/8/15/investigation_finds_us_drones_strike_pakistan



Former US intel chief calls drone strikes futile

'Drone strikes are no longer the most effective strategy for eliminating al Qaeda s ability to attack us,' Dennis Blair, who was director of national intelligence from 2009 to 2010, wrote in The New York Times.

http://bit.ly/pkir1H


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pakistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Dennis+Blair
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=drone
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al+Qaeda
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