US missiles hit Pakistan despite request to limit

[The Northerner]

ISLAMABAD – Two U.S. missile strikes killed six reputed Afghan Taliban fighters in a Pakistani tribal region on Wednesday, drawing sharp condemnation from Pakistan's government just days after it asked Washington to limit such attacks.

The U.S. relies heavily on the covert, CIA-run missile program to kill al-Qaida and Taliban fighters in Pakistan's northwest — a program Pakistan publicly denounces but has secretly helped. The Obama administration said on Tuesday it is negotiating a possible reduction in U.S. intelligence operatives and special operations officers in Pakistan as the two countries try to mend relations badly strained by the detention of a CIA contractor for killing two Pakistanis.

On Wednesday, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry called drone attacks "a core irritant in the counter-terror campaign" and said it had lodged a "strong protest" with U.S. Ambassador Cameron Munter over the new strikes. A U.S. Embassy spokesman confirmed the Foreign Ministry had called the ambassador.

The latest drone-fired strikes came minutes apart, hitting the South Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said. They were the first missile attacks since a mid-March strike that Pakistan's army chief said killed dozens of peaceful tribesmen.

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[Rex]

1. That is what you do with the Global Police Force, you request

they stop bombing your nation...maybe even a 'pretty please'. HEY, I know! We can make all our money back on the military! Just figured it out...we BILL the countries we bomb and make them pay for our use of America's biggest resources (bombs&bullets) and if they don't pay!? You bomb them even more and send another BILL with INTEREST!!!

:crazy: