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Pakistan Warns Petraeus on Missile Attacks

General told that US cross-border strikes are giving anti-American Islamists a boost

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(Newser) – Pakistan has told the new chief of US Central Command that missile strikes inside its territory must stop, the Guardian reports. Gen. David Petraeus was warned that the strikes on suspected al-Qaeda militants in tribal areas across the Afghan border are fanning anti-American sentiment and creating a "credibility" gap for Pakistan's new government.

Petraeus, who made Pakistan his first visit to the region after assuming his new command, is believed to be planning to repeat successful Iraq counterinsurgency tactics in Afghanistan, but the cross-border missile attacks on militant strongholds in Pakistan are not expected to end. Both John McCain and Barack Obama have vowed to focus on defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan's border zone if elected.

Members of a Pakistani Islamic students group burn a US flags at a rally in Karachi last month to condemn the suspected US strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas.
Members of a Pakistani Islamic students group burn a US flags at a rally in Karachi last month to condemn the suspected US strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas.   (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Pakistani lawyers chant slogans at a rally last month to condemn US strikes in Pakistani tribal areas in Karachi, Pakistan.
Pakistani lawyers chant slogans at a rally last month to condemn US strikes in Pakistani tribal areas in Karachi, Pakistan.   (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
A Pakistani tribesman examines carpets in the remains of a house hit last month by a suspected US missile on the outskirts of Miran Shah.
A Pakistani tribesman examines carpets in the remains of a house hit last month by a suspected US missile on the outskirts of Miran Shah.   (AP Photo/Hasbunallah Khan)
Pakistani people watch as the chief of Pakistan's largest Islamic group gives a speech to his supporters at the Jhelum train station last month.
Pakistani people watch as the chief of Pakistan's largest Islamic group gives a speech to his supporters at the Jhelum train station last month.   (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Supporters of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf chant slogans during a protest last month in Peshawar against ongoing military operations in the nation's tribal areas.
Supporters of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf chant slogans during a protest last month in Peshawar against ongoing military operations in the nation's tribal areas.   (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
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Continuing drone attacks on our territory, which result in loss of precious lives and property, are counterproductive and difficult to explain by a democratically-elected government.
- Pakistani President Asif Zardari 

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