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Sunday: Noor Ahmed, a senior government official in North Waziristan, says Sunday's attack occurred near Miramshah, the main town in the rugged tribal area. He says tribesmen have recovered five bodies so far.

http://tinyurl.com/2cpoav4



US kills two in NW Pakistan

Saturday: The drone reportedly targeted on Saturday a house near Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=132016&sectionid=351020401



US Kills 10 People In Pakistan

US missiles hit a house today in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border, killing at least 10 suspected militants including a possible al Qaida operative, intelligence officials said.

http://www.eecho.ie/news/world/10-militants-killed-by-us-missiles-463512.html



Unmanned Drones - Targeted Killing vs. "Collateral Murder"

By Thalif Deen

Whether they needlessly kill civilians or not, the remote-controlled drones, being guided mostly by computers located at the far-away headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia, are the weapons of the future, say military analysts.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25849.htm


From Information Clearing House

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End Human Rights Abuses in Northwest Pakistan
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=kjKUJbPWLmIULhK&s=7gJLLWOvF9LJI0OCLmE&m=7qKKJYPEJnKUI9K

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Violent Christians and Iraq

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

07/06/10

Ever since the invasion of Iraq, I have been absolutely amazed by the position taken by many American Christians. Needless to say, I’m no theologian but it just seems to me that it would be difficult to find a clearer example of a violation of God’s prohibition against murder than what the U.S. government has done to the Iraqi people, with the full support of many American Christians...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2010-07-06.asp



Remote controlled killing

CounterPunch
by Jonathan Cook

07/13/10

It is called Spot and Shoot. Operators sit in front of a TV monitor from which they can control the action with a PlayStation-style joystick. The aim: to kill terrorists. Played by: young women serving in the Israeli army. Spot and Shoot, as it is called by the Israeli military, may look like a video game but the figures on the screen are real people — Palestinians in Gaza — who can be killed with the press of a button on the joystick...

http://counterpunch.org/cook07132010.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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