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America Vs Pakistan...what Is America Really After? by deeplow: 3:12pm On Sep 28, 2012 |
Just one in 50 victims of America’s deadly drone strikes in Pakistan are terrorists – while the rest are innocent civilians, a new report claimed today. The authoritative joint study, by Stanford and New York Universities, concludes that men, women and children are being terrorised by the operations ’24 hours-a-day’. And the authors lay much of the blame on the use of the ‘double-tap’ strike where a drone fires one missile – and then a second asrescuers try to drag victims from the rubble. One aid agency said they had a six-hour delay before going to the scene. The tactic has cast such a shadow of fear over strike zones that people often wait for hours before daring to visit the scene of an attack. Investigators also discovered that communities living in fear of the drones were suffering severe stress and related illnesses. Many parents had taken their children out of school because they were so afraid of a missile-strike. VOICES FROM THE DRONE ZONE Sadaullah Khan, a 15-year-old who lost both legs in a drone strike, says that before his injury, 'I used to go to school…I thought I would become a doctor. After the drone strikes, I stopped going to school.' Noor Behram, a journalist: ' Once there has been a drone strike,people have gone in for rescue missions, and five or ten minutes after the drone attack, they attack the rescuers who are there.' Taxi driver: 'Whether we are driving a car, or we are workingon a farm, or we are sitting at home playing cards – no matter what we are doing we are always thinking the drone will strike us. So we are scared to do anything, no matter what.' Safdar Dawar, President of the Tribal Union of Journalists: 'If I am walking in the market, I have this fear that maybe the personwalking next to me is going to be a target of the drone. If I’m shopping, I’m really careful and scared. If I’m standing on the road and there is a car parked next to me, I never know if that isgoing to be the target. Maybe they will target the car in front of me or behind me. Even in mosques, if we’re praying, we’re worried that maybe one person who is standing with us praying is wanted. So, wherever we are, we have this fear of drones.' Resident from the Manzar Khel area: 'Now (they have) even targeted funerals…they have targeted people sitting together, so people are scared of everything' Source http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2208307/Americas-deadly-double-tap-drone-attacks-killing-49-people-known-terrorist-Pakistan.html |
Re: America Vs Pakistan...what Is America Really After? by Callotti: 3:44pm On Sep 28, 2012 |
Blame "GOD" abeg. ![]() |
Re: America Vs Pakistan...what Is America Really After? by andrewza: 5:07pm On Sep 28, 2012 |
They pissed of america now amrica is going to piss them off. Any case I only see a biased report there I struggle to believe one sided arguments. |
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