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12/03/09

The White House has approved an expansion of the CIA’s drone program in Pakistan, the New York Times reported. The Obama administration reportedly is talking with Pakistan about expanding the program from Waziristan to Baluchistan, a controversial move since it is outside the tribal areas. Baluchistan is where Afghan Taliban leaders are believed to be hiding...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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US attack kills three people in Pakistan: officials

The New York Times on Friday reported that the The White House had authorised the CIA to expand the use of unmanned aerial drones in Pakistan to track down and strike suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda members.

https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091208/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestmissile



Afghans protest after civilian killed in US-led raid

Hundreds of Afghans have held anti-US and anti-government demonstrations against a recent US-led attack which reportedly claimed the lives of 15 non-combatants.

https://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=113185&sectionid=351020403



Afghan government says occupation force killed six civilians

NATO officials on Tuesday disputed a report by the Afghan government that a NATO raid in eastern Afghanistan earlier in the day had killed six civilians, saying only seven militants died in the operation.

https://snipurl.com/tm5tx


From Information Clearing House



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pakistan
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Waziristan
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Baluchistan
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=tribal+area
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Taliban
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Qaeda
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drone
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=civilian+deaths