Pakistan slams US drone strikes

[W.G.Ewald]

Pakistan slams US drone strikes | News24

Pakistan's ambassador to the US is calling for an end to CIA drone strikes ahead of an intelligence summit in Washington between the two countries expected next week.

In a frank debate on Friday with White House war adviser Douglas Lute, Ambassador Sherry Rehman said the drone attacks succeeded in damaging al-Qaeda but are now only serving to recruit new militants. The two were speaking to an audience at the Aspen Security Forum.

"I am not saying drones have not assisted in the war against terror, but they have diminishing rate of returns," Rehman said, speaking by video teleconference from Washington.

"We will seek an end to drone strikes and there will be no compromise on that," she added.

Pakistan's spy chief, Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam, is expected to reiterate the demand in his first meeting with CIA Director David Petraeus, at CIA headquarters in Virginia, next week.

 

[Predator]

drone strikes will end when pakistan stops harbouring terrorists but since terrorism is its official policy it wont happen

 

[rock127]

 

[Bhadra]

Drone attacks have not reached perfection as desired by US Arms industry so those will continue.

 

[Ray]

Why is Pakistan slamming the US just because the US is slamming them with Drones?

Their own Taliban is slamming them, as it is.

So, instead of whining, they should slam their own Taliban so that US stop slamming them.

 

[Bhadra]

It is Punjabi attitude towards the Pakhtoons and Pathans.
"Marne do salon ko drone se." But the problems is ISI who's stooges they are and ISI search for strategic depth. It seems they are at risks of even losing their own space.