Blowback From US Drone Strikes on Pakistan Leaves 10 Civilians Dead

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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/02-0



Blowback From US Drone Strikes on Pakistan Leaves 10 Civilians Dead
- Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Published on Saturday, February 2, 2013 by Common Dreams

Blowback from U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan has left 10 civilians, including three women and three children, dead on Saturday, victims of an hours-long assault at a Pakistani army base.

Media reports add that 13 security personnel and 12 people described as militants were also killed in the attack.

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which tracks the U.S. covert war on terror, noted that the "CIA began 2013 with six drone strikes in nine days – more in any single month since August 2012. And, with double the number of strikes in Jan. 2013 compared to Jan. 2012, "2013 could see renewed intensity in the CIA drone program."

Outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sees no end to U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan or elsewhere, he told Agence France-Presse in an interview on Friday.

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1. making enemies one civilian corpse at a time - skeet shooting using real people nt