US Drone strikes in Pakistan are illegal under international law.

[Sugarcane]

loveicon, isin't Pakistan also somewhere responsible for these drones?
Why did it choose to shelter the Taliban?

It's not simple white & black case, topic is debated to death here - view the archives rather than starting same debate again.

There are thousand others who buttress that theory, she simply is among the most prominent ones.

Give me examples of neutral persons.....

 

[DroneAcharya]

Give me examples of neutral persons.....

Check out the various anti-Taliban factions ; They openly support drone strikes precisely because of their targeted approach of Drones towards the foreigner encroachment supported by the Mangal Bagh tribes and other groups who in turn are supported by PakMil.

 

[Safriz]

reports of a drone crash in Waziristan...

 

[RPK]

Three killed in NWA drone attack - thenews.com.pk

PESHAWAR: At least three people were killed in a drone attack in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan Agency (SWA).
Several people were also injured as the drone fired two missiles at a house located in the area.

Earlier on Friday, a US drone crashed in an uninhabited area in Wana, South Waziristan.

In a separate incident Local Taliban Commander Abbas Wazir along with two accomplices died in a suicide blast in Wana’s Rustam Bazar Vegetable Market. The blast took place inside Wazir’s office, causing damage to surrounding shops.

 

[TruthSeeker]

'Foreigners' reported killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

By BILL ROGGIO, December 21, 2012

The US launched its first airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agencies in 11 days, killing four "militants," including possibly some foreigners.

The remotely-piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired two missiles at a compound in the village of Hisokhel near Mir Ali in North Waziristan, according to Dawn. The house was destroyed and four "militants," a term used by Pakistani intelligence officials to describe jihadists of all stripes, were reported to have been killed.

Although the identities of those killed have not been disclosed, "some foreigners" are believed to have been in the compound when the drones struck.

In addition to the strike in North Waziristan, a US drone is reported to have crashed in the neighboring tribal agency of South Waziristan. US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal who are involved in the attacks in Pakistan would not confirm or deny the report of a lost drone.

Today's strike is the first since a burst of four attacks by US drones between Nov. 29 and Dec. 9 that are thought to have killed a senior al Qaeda leader and three midlevel commanders. Al Qaeda has not officially confirmed the deaths of the four leaders. The most senior of them, Khalid bin Abdul Rahman al Husainan, a religious leader who is also known as Abu Zeid al Kuwaiti, is reported to have been killed in a drone attack in North Waziristan on Dec. 6. Two midlevel al Qaeda military commanders, Abdul Rehman al Zaman Yemeni and Sheikh Abdul Bari, are reported to have been killed in airstrikes in South Waziristan on Dec. 1 and Nov. 29, respectively. And on Dec. 9, the drones are thought to have killed a commander known as Mohammad Ahmed al Mansoor and three of his family members.

Read more: 'Foreigners' reported killed in US drone strike in Pakistan - The Long War Journal

 

[karan.1970]

Drone strikes kills seven in Waziristan | Pakistan | DAWN.COM

PESHAWAR: Seven people were killed and several others injured in multiple US drone strikes carried out in the South and North Waziristan tribal regions on Thursday, DawnNews reported.

In the attack in South Waziristan, an unmanned drone fired two missiles at a house killing four people, locals who recovered the bodies said.

The drone continued to buzz in the skies after the attack, causing fear and panic among the area residents.

Local unnamed political administration officials were quoted by the BBC Urdu website as saying that pro-government and anti-US Taliban leader, Mullah Nazir, was killed in the strike.

Nazir’s death could not be independently verified from local security and intelligence sources.

Separately, three people were killed and several others injured in a drone attack in the Mubarak Shahi village in North Waziristan tribal region’s Mir Ali Tehsil.

The US drone targeted a vehicle with two missiles, and then fired another two missiles when rescuers gathered at the site to carry the bodies and the injured.

The death toll from the drone strike in North Waziristan was expected to rise, security sources told Dawn.com.

There were reports of a key Taliban commander being targeted in the strike, sources said.

 

[TruthSeeker]

US drone strike kills 5 'militants' in South Waziristan

By BILL ROGGIO, January 2, 2013

The US conducted its first strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal areas this year, killing five "militants," according to reports.

The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers, which are operated by the CIA, attacked "a house suspected of being a militant hideout," in the Angoor Agga area of South Waziristan, according to Xinhua. Four of the unmanned strike aircraft are thought to have been circling the compound before firing four missiles just after midnight.

Five "militants" are thought to have been killed, but their identities have not been disclosed. No senior al Qaeda or Taliban leaders are known to have been killed.

Today's strike is the first in Pakistan this year. Last year, the US launched 46 strikes in Pakistan, according to data compiled by The Long War Journal. In 2011, the US launched 64 strikes; in 2010, when the program was at its peak, there were 117 strikes.

The program was ramped up by President George W. Bush in the summer of 2008 (35 strikes were launched that year) and continued under President Barack Obama after he took office in 2009 (53 strikes that year). From 2004-2007, only 10 strikes were recorded. Although some of al Qaeda's top leaders have been killed in drone strikes since the program began in 2004, al Qaeda has been able to replace those lost in the attacks. [For data on the strikes, see LWJ reports, Charting the data for US airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2013; and Senior al Qaeda and Taliban leaders killed in US airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2013.]

Read more: US drone strike kills 5 'militants' in South Waziristan - The Long War Journal

Good Taliban' leader Mullah Nazir killed in US drone strike

By BILL ROGGIO, January 3, 2013

The US killed a senior Taliban leader in one of three drone strikes that took place in the Pakistani tribal areas over the past 24 hours; he had identified himself as an al Qaeda leader and also was favored by the Pakistani state. A separate strike killed a commander in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan along with two Uzbeks.

Mullah Nazir, the leader of the Taliban in the Wazir area of South Waziristan, was killed by the CIA-operated Predators or Reapers in a strike in the Birmal area of South Waziristan, tribal leaders and Pakistani intelligence officials told Dawn. The remotely piloted drones fired a pair of missiles at a vehicle, killing Nazir; two of his deputies, Atta Ullah and Rafey Khan; a commander known as Rata Khan; and two other fighters.

Pakistani officials in South Waziristan said that the Taliban buried Nazir at a graveyard in the Azam Warzak area of South Waziristan.

Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/01/good_taliban_leader_1.php#ixzz2GwRipb9G

 

[babajees]

Drone strikes in Waziristan tribal region kill 17 | Pakistan | DAWN.COM

PESHAWAR: Missiles fired by unmanned US drones in Babargarh area at the border region between South and North Waziristan tribal regions killed 17 persons on Sunday.

Four unmanned drones fired ten missiles at three houses near the Pak-Afghan border region killing 17 people unnamed security officials said while talking to Dawn.com.

The suspected hideouts were completely destroyed in the attacks.

The hideouts belonged to Qari Imran, a militant commander believed to be affiliated with the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, who was the target of the attacks.

Other commanders were also suspected to have been killed in the strikes.

Official sources said that suicide attacks mastermind Wali Muhammad alias “Tufan Mehsud” was among the people killed in the drone attacks. He is said to be the cousin of TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud.

 

[TruthSeeker]

US drones strike again in South Waziristan

By BILL ROGGIO, January 6, 2013

The US again launched airstrikes in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan today, killing 17 people. The drone attack is the fourth this year, and the first since the US killed influential Taliban leader Mullah Nazir.

The remotely piloted, CIA-operated Predators or the more deadly Reapers struck three separate compounds in the Babargarh area in South Waziristan. The area is close to the neighboring tribal agency of North Waziristan. According to Dawn, 17 people, whose identities have not been disclosed, are reported to have been killed.

At least 10 suspected Taliban fighters, including a commander known as Wali Mohammed, or Toofan, were killed in the attack, Reuters stated. The Taliban commander is said to have directed suicide operations for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.

The three compounds "belonged to Qari Imran, a militant commander believed to be affiliated" with North Waziristan Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur, Dawn reported. Bahadar operates separately from the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. Imran was the target of the attack, but his status is unclear. Reuters reported that the compounds were used by the so-called Punjabi Taliban, a group of Pakistani jihadists from Punjab province who are closely allied with Bahadar, as well as al Qaeda and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.

The US has now launched four drone strikes in Pakistan this year. In one of those strikes, the US killed Mullah Nazir, the leader of a Taliban group in South Waziristan who was closely allied with Bahadar, al Qaeda, and the Afghan Taliban.

Last year, the US launched 46 strikes in Pakistan, according to data compiled by The Long War Journal. In 2011, the US launched 64 strikes; in 2010, when the program was at its peak, there were 117 strikes.

Read more: US drones strike again in South Waziristan - The Long War Journal

 

[UmarJustice]

Drone attacks kill seven in North Waziristan

MIRANSHAH: At least seven people were killed in two separate drone strikes within an hour in North Waziristan on late Monday night, Geo News reported.

According to sources, unmanned aircraft fired three missiles on a house in Haider Khel area of Mir Ali, killing four people.

The sources added that in second attack that killed three people, the drone fired missiles in Khaso Khel area.

Both the attacks were carried out in Mir Ali of NWA.

Drone attacks kill seven in North Waziristan - geo.tv

 

[Da-Bang]

Whats illegal about it, they're killing terrorists right?

 

[RPK]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/w...ike-kills-8-militants-officials-say.html?_r=0

Several missiles fired from American drones hit a compound near the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing at least eight people suspected of being militants, Pakistani officials said. The compound was near the town of Mir Ali in the North Waziristan tribal area, said two intelligence officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. An operative of Al Qaeda was believed to have been killed in the strike, one of the officials said.

 

[RPK]

The Hindu : News / International : 12 killed in Pak drone strike


A senior al-Qaeda operative is believed to be among 12 people killed in two US drone strikes in Pakistan’s lawless North Waziristan tribal region.

Al-Qaeda operative Sheikh Yasin Al-Kuwaiti, his wife and daughter were among eight persons killed when drones fired eight missiles at a house in Haiderkhel village in North Waziristan tribal agency on Tuesday, an unnamed senior security official was quoted as saying by Dawn newspaper on Wednesday.

Al-Kuwaiti had married the daughter of a local tribesman, the official said.

“Eight missiles were fired on the compound he was living in with his family. His house has been turned into rubble,” he added.

Unconfirmed reports from the region said the dead included two Uzbek militants.

In another strike that took place 15 minutes after the first one, four people were killed and two wounded at Hassokhel village.

Local residents said they believed the dead were local militants.

Pakistani militants, who control the region bordering Afghanistan, cordoned off the area struck by the drones and took away the bodies and the injured.

There has been a surge in drone strikes in North and South Waziristan, with five attacks recorded since the beginning of the year.

Mullah Nazir, a pro-government warlord who sent his militants across the border to attack foreign forces in Afghanistan, was killed in a drone strike last week.

 

[UmarJustice]

Officials: Suspected US drone strike kills 4 in Pakistan

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suspected U.S. drone strike targeted a militant compound in northwest Pakistan Thursday, killing at least four people, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the drone fired two missiles at the compound near the village of Mir Ali in North Waziristan, one of seven districts in Pakistan's volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

North Waziristan is known as a militant hub and has been targeted frequently by suspected U.S. drone strikes for years.

Those targeted in the drone strike were militants, the officials said.

It's the second strike in as many days in the district.

Many residents of the region say the strikes have killed dozens of civilians, including children and women. U.S. officials say the drone strikes are an effective strategy against militant groups and insist civilian casualties are rare.

Officials: Suspected US drone strike kills 4 in Pakistan - CNN.com

 

[TruthSeeker]

US drones strike again in Mir Ali

By BILL ROGGIO, January 10, 2013

The US launched yet another airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, killing six "militants" in an area known to host al Qaeda and other foreign terror groups. The drone strike is the seventh this year.

The CIA-operated, remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired four missiles at compound and a motorcycle in the village of Hisokhel Khel near the town of Mir Ali, according to AFP. Pakistani officials claimed that six "militants" were killed in the attack.

The Target of the strike has not been identified, and no senior Taliban or al Qaeda commanders have been reported killed at this time.

The US has now launched seven drone strikes in Pakistan this year. Four of the strikes have taken place in North Waziristan, and the other three in South Waziristan, another safe haven for al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other terror groups.

Four senior and mid-level al Qaeda and Taliban leaders are reported to have been killed in the seven strikes since the beginning of the New Year. the US killed Mullah Nazir, the leader of a Taliban group in South Waziristan who was closely allied with Bahadar, al Qaeda, and the Afghan Taliban, n a strike on Jan. 3. In a second strike on Jan. 3, the US killed Faisal Khan, commander in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan commander. In one of two strikes on Jan. 6, the US also killed Wali Mohammed, a Taliban commander who is said to have directed suicide operations for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. And, in one of the two strikes on Jan. 8, an al Qaeda leader known as Sheikh Yasin Al Kuwaiti is reported to have been killed.

Read more: US drones strike again in Mir Ali - The Long War Journal