06.04.12
Radical escalation in bombing paupers
The third US drone strike in as many days in Pakistan has raised the three-day death toll in the aerial attacks to at least 27, according to Pakistani intelligence officials.
Monday’s strike in the Hesokhel village of North Waziristan’s tribal areas, was said to have targeted a hideout for fighters, officials said.
The latest strike, which officials said had killed 15 people, was the seventh in a span of less than two weeks.
The attack on Monday morning came just after a strike on Sunday that killed 10 suspected fighters …
“Many people here in Pakistan are frankly tired of the United States’ presence in the region, and are calling for Islamabad to sever ties with the US …”
That wouldn’t stop the drones. You have to make them stop, dudes, not just complain about it. Haven’t you gotten that yet?
The reason Pakistan isn’t stopping the drones is because it’s military has no capability and can’t afford to have its best gear quickly destroyed in any fight, small or large, with the US military.
Interestingly, al Jazeera wanted to interview me about Flame virus last week. But our schedules couldn’t align.