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Saturday, November 12, 2016

Putting an End to Drone Attacks

The biggest problem that Pakistan faces today is the escalating disquietudeism which has adversely affected the economy, credentials conditions, lifestyle, world image, progress and harvest of Pakistan. Government has failed in the preceding(a) socio-economic classs to come up with a solution to reject terrorism from its roots. And the war on terror is not b arly Pakistans war. The consequences of 9/11 construct been drastic with US initiating its war on terror and target killing surmise members of AL-Qaeda and Taliban. The tribal aras of Pakistan have been subject to attack by US presidency by the go for of unmanned aircraft know as Drones. According to Abbas, pokes are the new tools of war, unmanned celestial vehicles, armed with weapons and controlled from thousands of miles away by pilots who had live access to demonstrate intelligence (156). These clouts are so-called to target the high profile terrorists hiding in these areas who are affiliated with terrorist groups. The starting signal use of lethal force was make by US government in 2002 in Afghanistan where three people were killed in the discover (Living under drones). aft(prenominal) the U.S invasion in Afghanistan, a number of Taliban fighters took refuge in northern areas of Pakistan and the U.S government employ predator drones to monitor the area. It was not before June 2004 that the first drone strike was utilize in Pakistan in which the Talibani leader Nek Muhammed was killed. William writes active it: In June 2004 he was killed on with several of his followers in a Predator drone missile strike on their compound. He was horribly burned-over and maimed in this first CIA drone attack in Pakistan and died soon thereafter (205).\nSince because drones have been effective tools for U.S in the war against terror. The number of strikes change magnitude under Obamas formation after 2009. During the first year under Obamas administration 51 predator drones were used agai nst militants in Pakistan. An increase in this number...

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