U.S. Drone Attacks In Pakistan Leads To Reprisals And Paranoia


As Drone Strikes Have Increased, So Have Assassinations, Pakistanis Say -- Washington Post

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - As drone-fired missiles drop with furious frequency in the tribal area of North Waziristan, so do the bodies.

As often as seven times a week, tribesmen there say, corpses appear in fields and on roadsides with dark warnings pinned to their tunics: All American spies will meet the same fate.

Espionage has long been viewed as an egregious offense in the lawless borderland, but residents say the current pace of assassinations is unprecedented. The escalation parallels a massive surge in CIA drone attacks on North Waziristan, home to a nest of insurgents that includes al-Qaeda and the Haqqani network, an Afghan militia considered the most lethal foe of U.S. troops in neighboring Afghanistan.

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My Comment: With huge rewards for the capture and killing of top Taliban commanders and Islamic radical leaders .... I am sure there is no shortage of willing informers to point a finger for the U.S. drones to stirke.

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