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U.S drone attacks in Pakistan killed 27 in Total

REUTERS reported U.S drone attacks in northwest Pakistan on Monday resulting to 15 casualties. According to the news, this attack would likely add tensions between Washington and Islamabad amid a standoff over NATO supply routes to Afghanistan.

Officials said that this 3rd attack in three days targeted a militant hideout located in the Hesokhel Village of the North Waziristan
tribal region.

Death toll in the past three days now increased to 27. Unmanned planes-U.S. drones hit targets in the South Waziristan tribal region on
Saturday and Sunday.

United States and Pakistan are having difficult negotiations for the re-opening of the overland supply routes to NATO fources in Afghanistan. Islamabad blocked the routes in November 2011 after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed by cross-border "friendly fire" from NATO aircraft.

The supply lines through Pakistan are considered vital to the planned withdrawal of most foreign combat troops from Afghanistan before the end of 2014.

Pakistan government states that the CIA drone campaign fuels anti-American sentiment in the country. U.S. officials, however, say such strikes by the remotely piloted aircraft are highly effective against militants and are an important weapon in war against militancy.

Source: Reuters

Comments

Philippines doesn't have drones but we have Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Assunta and Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Alessandra. See photo below. It doesn't have the capabilities to drop bombs but this is mainly used for surveillance. We used this during the hype of the internal conflict in Mindanao to gather aerial targets before our land troops and air force made series of attacks.

We are not that far behind. I believe that we will soon become what we want to be. Long live Philippines!