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US drone attacks kill 12 in Pakistan
Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:5AM
PressTV - US drone attacks kill 12 in Pakistan
US launches unauthorized missile attacks on Pakistan and Afghanistan tribal areas, killing civilians under the excuse of targetting militants.
A series of unauthorized US drone attacks have killed at least twelve people and wounded several others in the troubled northwestern Pakistan.
The first attack targeted a vehicle in the Kurram tribal agency, leaving five people dead.
As tribesmen gathered at the scene, the vehicle was struck again, killing two more people.
Another air strike targeted a near-by house, killing five people.
Washington claims its airstrikes are directed at militants, but local officials dispute the claim and say mostly civilians have been killed so far.
Islamabad has repeatedly condemned the strikes as a violation of its sovereignty.
The United Nations says the US-operated drone strikes in Pakistan pose a growing challenge to the international rule of law.
Philip Alston, UN special envoy on extrajudicial killings, said in a report in late October that the attacks were undermining the rules designed to protect the right of life.
Alston also said he feared that the drone killings by the US Central Intelligence Agency could develop a "playstation" mentality.
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Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:5AM
PressTV - US drone attacks kill 12 in Pakistan
US launches unauthorized missile attacks on Pakistan and Afghanistan tribal areas, killing civilians under the excuse of targetting militants.
A series of unauthorized US drone attacks have killed at least twelve people and wounded several others in the troubled northwestern Pakistan.
The first attack targeted a vehicle in the Kurram tribal agency, leaving five people dead.
As tribesmen gathered at the scene, the vehicle was struck again, killing two more people.
Another air strike targeted a near-by house, killing five people.
Washington claims its airstrikes are directed at militants, but local officials dispute the claim and say mostly civilians have been killed so far.
Islamabad has repeatedly condemned the strikes as a violation of its sovereignty.
The United Nations says the US-operated drone strikes in Pakistan pose a growing challenge to the international rule of law.
Philip Alston, UN special envoy on extrajudicial killings, said in a report in late October that the attacks were undermining the rules designed to protect the right of life.
Alston also said he feared that the drone killings by the US Central Intelligence Agency could develop a "playstation" mentality.
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