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Title: U.S. drone strikes killed Pakistani grandmother, laborers: Amnesty
Post by: YahooNews on Oct 22, 2013, 09:31 AM
By Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. drone strikes killed a Pakistani grandmother and 18 civilian laborers last year, Amnesty International said on Tuesday, shedding new light on a major source of tension in U.S.-Pakistani relations. Islamabad publicly opposes drone attacks, saying they kill too many civilians in addition to their intended target - Islamist militants. The precise extent of human loss on the ground is unclear, however, because independent journalists and researchers have only limited access to the affected regions. ...



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