Pakistani civilian victims vent anger over US drones

The Northerner

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Wed Nov-02-11 10:50 AM
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Pakistani civilian victims vent anger over US drones

Edited on Wed Nov-02-11 10:50 AM by The Northerner

When tribal elders from the remote Pakistani region of North Waziristan travelled to Islamabad last week to protest against CIA drone
strikes, a teenager called Tariq Khan was among them.

A BBC team caught him on camera, sitting near the front of a tribal assembly, or jirga, listening carefully.

Four days later he was dead - killed by one of the drones he was protesting against.

His family told us two missiles hit the 16-year-old on Monday near Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan. His 12-year-old cousin Wahid was killed alongside him.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/15553761

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Wed Nov-02-11 11:07 AM
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1. Obama hearts drones - even jokes about them. n/t

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