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Dave Lindorff, This Can't Be Happening: 'The ongoing case of Raymond Davis, the CIA contractor facing murder charges in Lahore for the execution-style slaying of two apparent agents of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, is apparently leading to a roll-back of America's espionage and Special Operations activities in Pakistan.'

http://www.truth-out.org/davis-arrest-throws-us-undercover-campaign-pakistan-disarray68173

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After CIA mans arrest, US operatives leaving Pakistan

At least 30 suspected covert American operatives have suspended their activities in Pakistan and 12 have already left the country, according to sources familiar with the matter.

http://bit.ly/gZQ89y



US attack kills 9 people in Pakistan

Officials say the airstrike, which fired two missiles into a house in Pashtun tribal region, targeted South Waziristan agency near Afghanistan's border.

http://www.thenewstribe.co.uk/2011/03/two-drone-attacks-kill-nine-in-pakistan/



Private contractors at record in Afghan war: report

The number of private security personnel working for the US military in Afghanistan rose to 18,919 at the end of last year, the highest level used in any conflict by the United States, a congressional report said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110308/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestsecuritymilitaryus



US kills 6 people in Pakistan

At least six 'militants' were killed in two US drone attacks in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border on Friday, security officials said.

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_drone_strike_kills_six_militants_in_Pakistan_officials_999.html



US kills 7 people in Pakistan

Pakistani intelligence officials say two suspected US missile strikes have killed seven 'militants' in the country's tribal region.

http://arabnews.com/world/article316187.ece


US Kills 3 People in Pakistan

The drone fired two missiles on a suspect vehicle and initial reports suggest three 'militants' were killed, according to a security official, requesting anonymity.

http://bit.ly/dJv24g



US Kills 6 People in Pakistan

According to the report, the U.S. drones fired four missiles at a hideout and another two missiles at a car in the Miranshah area of North Waziristan, a place believed to be a stronghold of militants in Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan.

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7318508.html



United States kills five people in Pakistan

At least five people were killed Wednesday when a suspected US unmanned aircraft fired three missiles into a car in Pakistans tribal region along the Afghan border, intelligence officials said. An intelligence official who asked not to be named said that they were trying to determine the identities of those killed through local informers.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-169258.html



Freed CIA Agent Flees Pakistan

Clashes In Pakistan As U.S. Buys CIA Mans Freedom

By BABAR DOGAR

CIA contractor Raymond Davis was flown out of Pakistan on Wednesday after being acquitted of two murder charges. Davis was released earlier Wednesday after the United States paid $2.3 million in 'blood money' to the victims' families, a lawyer for the families has said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27690.htm



The Ransoming of Raymond Davis

By Pratap Chatterjee

What does the United States' record on justice and human rights look like after it has paid to get its alleged CIA killer out of jail?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27704.htm



Extrajudicial Killing: US kills 41 people in Pakistan

US unmanned drones on Thursday fired four missiles into a suspected Taliban compound in Pakistan's north-western tribal area along Afghan border, killing at least 41 and injuring several people, intelligence officials said.

http://bit.ly/faBcOM


From Information Clearing House

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Three killed in US drone strike in Pakistan: officials
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Three_killed_in_US_drone_strike_in_Pakistan_officials_999.html

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CIA Agent Charged with Murder in Pakistan Is Freed After U.S. Pays Family 'Blood Money'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/03/16-1



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