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 Suicide Bomb Kills 19 
 at Pakistan Courthouse 

Region hit with seventh militant attack in two weeks

Nov 19, 09 6:16 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bombing outside a Peshawar courthouse killed 19 people this morning in Pakistan, the latest in a series of attacks by Islamic militants reacting against an anti-Taliban army offensive in the region. Today's bombing came only hours after missiles fired from a suspected US drone killed three alleged militants... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Peshawar • suicide bombing • Islamic militants • drones

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 Dozens Dead in Pakistan Blast 

Suicide bomber duo injure 40 near bank

Nov 2, 09 5:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A pair of suicide bomb blasts rocked Pakistan today, killing at least 26 people. Two bombers on motorcycles blew themselves up near a queue outside a Rawalpindi bank close to army headquarters, injuring 60, many of them women and children. "There were many people lying on the ground with... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • United States • suicide bombing • Waziristan • drones • Pakistan army

 Clinton: Pakistan Has to Fight 

Terrorism fight a no-brainer, she tells students

Oct 29, 09 6:57 AM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Clinton said today that Pakistan had little choice but to take a more aggressive approach, starting last summer, in combating the Taliban and other extremists that threaten to destabilize the country. In a lively give-and-take with students at the Government College of Lahore, Clinton said inaction by the government... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • secretary of State • Waziristan • drones • Islamist extremists

 UN to US: Drone Attacks 
 Could Be Unlawful 

Human rights watchdog wants more accountability from CIA in Pakistan

Oct 28, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A UN human rights watchdog has some strong misgivings about the CIA drone attacks on suspected terrorists in Pakistan that have killed 600 people since last year. "Extralegal executions" are a violation of international law, Philip Alston tells the BBC. “These... More »

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Iraq • CIA • Pakistan • execution • UAVs • drones • Predator • suspected terrorists • United Nations Human Rights Council • Central Intelligence Agency • Philip Alston

 US Drones Back Up 
 Pakistani Offensive 

Predators offer intel on militant positions in South Waziristan

Oct 23, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military is supporting the Pakistani offensive against Taliban militants in South Waziristan with intelligence and imaging collected by unmanned Predator drones. The support is separate from the CIA program using the drones inside Pakistan to kill terrorist leaders. “We are coordinating with the Pakistanis,” a military... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • intelligence • US military • surveillance • UAVs • drones • Predator • al-Qaeda • South Waziristan • military offensive

Interview

 Taliban Chief Cracks 
 Jokes, Vows Revenge 

Media sitdown dispells rumors Hakimullah Mehsud is dead

Oct 6, 09 6:48 AM CDT
(AP) - Hakimullah Mehsud met with reporters Sunday for the first time since winning control of Pakistan's Taliban, quashing speculation that he had been slain in a succession struggle following his predecessor's death in a US drone attack. Flanked by heavily armed fighters, the new leader sat on a blue blanket, in... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • drones • al-Qaeda • South Waziristan • Hakimullah Mehsud

 Obama May Boost 
 Drones Instead 
 of Troops 

Shifting focus to Pakistan may avoid increasing forces

Sep 22, 09 5:59 AM CDT
(AP) - The White House is looking at expanding counterterror operations in Pakistan as an alternative to a major military escalation in Afghanistan, two senior officials tell the AP. The military would rely on armed drones that could contain al-Qaeda in a smaller, if more remote, area and keep its leaders from... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • drones • tribal areas • al-Qaeda • troop levels • Afghanistan war

(Newser) - Weeks after a US drone reportedly took out the Taliban's leader in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud's fellow commanders have confirmed his death. Two Taliban officials—including his successor, Hakimullah Mehsud—tell the BBC that their leader actually died Sunday after being critically injured in the airstrike. The development also clears up... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • drones • Baitullah Mehsud • airstrike • Hakimullah Mehsud

(Newser) - The CIA has relied on a secret division inside the company once known as Blackwater for its drone operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan, private employees and government officials tell the New York Times. The for-profit company assembles and loads Hellfire missiles and quarter-ton bombs on secret CIA bases on both... More »

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Afghanistan • CIA • Pakistan • intelligence • Dianne Feinstein • Blackwater • drones • private security firm • Xe Services • Blackwater Select

(Newser) - Pakistani officials have confirmed the death of Baitullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban leader, in an American drone strike early Wednesday. While there is still no concrete evidence of his death, the country's foreign minister said today that "he has been taken out." One security official told the New ... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • terrorist • drones • Pakistan militants • Baitullah Mehsud • North West Frontier Province

(Newser) - Potentially big news out of Pakistan: A US drone may have killed Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, reports Reuters. "There is reason to believe that reports of his death may be true, but it can't be confirmed at this time," said an anonymous US official. Mehsud is an... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • terrorist • drones • Baitullah Mehsud • al-Qaeda

US Missile
Kills Son of
Bin Laden

Officials think drone strike hit him
in Pakistan

Jul 22, 09 6:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US is pretty sure that an American missile killed Osama bin Laden's son in Pakistan, reports NPR. Spy agencies are "80 to 85%" certain that a missile from a US drone killed Saad bin Laden, thought to be in his late 20s, sometime in the last year. Saad... More »

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Pakistan • missile • Osama bin Laden • drones • al-Qaeda • Saad bin Laden

(Newser) - The Taliban is buying children as young as 7 and turning them into suicide bombers, the Washington Times reports. The going rate is $7,000 to $14,000, a huge amount in Pakistan, where where the average income is $2,600. Pakistani and US officials lay blame for the... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • suicide bomber • children • drones • human trafficking • Baitullah Mehsud • brainwashing

(Newser) - The American hunt for Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud—implicated, among other things, in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto—took two major twists today in Pakistan. Early reports suggest that a US military drone killed about 60 suspected militants after the funeral of an insurgent commander in South Waziristan near the... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • US military • drones • Baitullah Mehsud

(Newser) - Recent US and Pakistani efforts have rattled al-Qaeda, intelligence officials tell the Washington Post, with unmanned drones having killed about half of the US’ 20 “high-value” al-Qaeda targets since last fall. Combined with Pakistan’s offensive against its Taliban allies in the Swat region, the terror group’s position... More »

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Barack Obama • Pakistan • David Petraeus • drones • al-Qaeda • President Obama

US Offers Pakistan Key Control of Predator Missions

Joint US-Pakistan project seeks to bolster Pakistani government against Taliban

May 13, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military has been flying armed Predator drones over Pakistan and has offered the Pakistani military significant control over the targets and missions, the Los Angeles Times reports. The program—separate from the CIA's drone missions, which Pakistan accuses of violating its sovereignty—began in recent weeks and is... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • US military • Islamic extremists • drones • Predator

 US Pinpoints New Drone  
 Targets in Pakistan 

Missile strikes evaluated as part of regional policy review

Mar 26, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the US reviews its controversial air strike program in Pakistan, US and Pakistani intelligence officials are adding new targets to its list, the Wall Street Journal reports. Pakistani officials hope that expanding the drone program to target extremists will win them public support; at the same time, the Obama... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • drones • Predator • al-Qaeda • missile strike

 US Missiles Kill 8 
 Militants in Pakistan 

Islamabad complains that drone strikes help Taliban

Mar 1, 09 2:02 PM CST
(Newser) - An American drone attack today killed at least eight militants in a Pakistani tribal area, Reuters reports. "There are 'guests' among the dead," an anonymous intelligence official says, referring to non-Pakistani militants. The missile assault struck either a house or a bunker in South Waziristan, a Pakistani Taliban... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • drones • Pakistan militants • South Waziristan • missile strike • Obama administration

Pakistan: US Strikes Boost Local Qaeda Threat

But attacks are cutting fighters' global abilities

Feb 25, 09 12:26 PM CST
(Newser) - US drone strikes are heightening al-Qaeda’s threat to Pakistan, even as the attacks hurt the organization's ability to coordinate on a global scale, Pakistani officials say. The strikes have helped decentralize the group, but pockets focused on local jihad are fighting back. The officials also worry that an upcoming... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • drones • militant • al-Qaeda • missile strike

UPDATED

 US Drone Kills 31 
 in Pakistan Strike 

Attack is first in region bordering Waziristan

Feb 16, 09 5:44 AM CST
(Newser) - A US drone plane fired missiles at a building reportedly housing militants in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 31 people, reports the New York Times—the second time in three days such a strike has claimed upward of 30 lives. "Afghan Taliban were holding an important meeting there when... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • drones • North West Frontier Province • missile strike

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