C.I.A Authorized to Expand Drone Strikes, Balochistan on the hit list
December 4, 2009 Leave a comment
If this NYTimes article is to be believed, then it seems that American predator drones could soon be making their way to Balochistan.
The White House has authorized an expansion of the C.I.A.’s drone program in Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas, officials said this week, to parallel the president’s decision,announced Tuesday, to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. American officials are talking with Pakistan about the possibility of striking in Baluchistan for the first time — a controversial move since it is outside the tribal areas — because that is where Afghan Taliban leaders are believed to hide.
This is just unacceptable, the Americans are directly challenging Pakistan’s sovereignty. If the US has any evidence regarding the presence of any Taliban leader, they should provide it to Pakistan. The US has time and again mentioned about the presence of the ‘taliban shura’ in Quetta– without any evidence. Drone strikes cause more collateral damage, instead of striking the real targets, innocent civilians are killed. PM Gilani is right when he says that drone attacks are ‘counterproductive‘.
Would President Obama or the American people like ‘Pakistani drones’ bombing US territory ? Definitely No. Pakistan has the capability to shoot down drones, and we should use this capability. No one wants to escalate hostilites, but there should be no compromise on the integrity and the sovereignty of a country.
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