'US drone' hits Pakistan

[Park Life 71]

A lot of them moved to the Afg/Pak border, so in a way he's right. But drone hits are a lottery.

[The Fish 10972]

I didn't appreciate just how much Obama had increased attacks in Pakistan since this thread started.

 

2004 - 1

2005 - 2

2006 - 1

2007 - 3

2008 - 17

2009 - 46

 

so they're getting better at it then

[Happy Face 29]

A lot of them moved to the Afg/Pak border, so in a way he's right. But drone hits are a lottery.

 

They were in Pakistan in 2007. That doesn't account for a forty fold increase in bombing attacks since then.

 

At that time there were named targets for the majority of covert attacks. They sometimes even managed to hit those target along with the innocent bystanders which at least gave it some arguable justification.

 

Of the 11 attacks in January, only 2 specific targets have been named and none are confirmed as hit.

 

Bush put more thought into his bombing than Obama. Rather than acting on good intelligence to target valuable militants, Obama is leaning towards blanket bombing large areas and taking out a corresponding larger number of civilians.

[Missed Sticks 0]

A lot of them moved to the Afg/Pak border, so in a way he's right. But drone hits are a lottery.

 

They were in Pakistan in 2007. That doesn't account for a forty fold increase in bombing attacks since then.

 

At that time there were named targets for the majority of covert attacks. They sometimes even managed to hit those target along with the innocent bystanders which at least gave it some arguable justification.

 

Of the 11 attacks in January, only 2 specific targets have been named and none are confirmed as hit.

 

Bush put more thought into his bombing than Obama. Rather than acting on good intelligence to target valuable militants, Obama is leaning towards blanket bombing large areas and taking out a corresponding larger number of civilians.

 

Maybe the army were using the inexperience and (possible) naivety of the new regime to ramp up there own agenda.

[Happy Face 29]

A lot of them moved to the Afg/Pak border, so in a way he's right. But drone hits are a lottery.

 

They were in Pakistan in 2007. That doesn't account for a forty fold increase in bombing attacks since then.

 

At that time there were named targets for the majority of covert attacks. They sometimes even managed to hit those target along with the innocent bystanders which at least gave it some arguable justification.

 

Of the 11 attacks in January, only 2 specific targets have been named and none are confirmed as hit.

 

Bush put more thought into his bombing than Obama. Rather than acting on good intelligence to target valuable militants, Obama is leaning towards blanket bombing large areas and taking out a corresponding larger number of civilians.

 

Maybe the army were using the inexperience and (possible) naivety of the new regime to ramp up there own agenda.

 

Perhaps.

 

In other Pakistan news, 3 US soldiers have been killed in Pakistan even though the US deny having a presence there...

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8494890.stm

[Rob W 0]

Apparently the RAF now fly a Tornado at Mach 1.0 a couple of hundred feet above anyone "acting suspiciously" rather than zap them instantly - they generally get the message..............

[Toonpack 9973]

A lot of them moved to the Afg/Pak border, so in a way he's right. But drone hits are a lottery.

 

They were in Pakistan in 2007. That doesn't account for a forty fold increase in bombing attacks since then.

 

At that time there were named targets for the majority of covert attacks. They sometimes even managed to hit those target along with the innocent bystanders which at least gave it some arguable justification.

 

Of the 11 attacks in January, only 2 specific targets have been named and none are confirmed as hit.

 

Bush put more thought into his bombing than Obama. Rather than acting on good intelligence to target valuable militants, Obama is leaning towards blanket bombing large areas and taking out a corresponding larger number of civilians.

 

Maybe the army were using the inexperience and (possible) naivety of the new regime to ramp up there own agenda.

 

As the Pakistan army is actively engaged in the counter insurgency, it might be they are specifically "calling in" the air-strikes hence the increase in number.

[Rob W 0]

"As the Pakistan army is actively engaged in the counter insurgency"

 

on both sides I understand....................