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Drone Country

BBC News - Inside Pakistan's drone country

An eyewitness account of life under the constant buzzing of drones in the tribal north-west Pakistan.

Prominent Americans Call for End to U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan | Just Foreign Policy

Letter delivered to US embassy in Islamabad on Wednesday in protest at continuing drone strikes

March against drones – The Express Tribune

Imran Khan's condemnation of drone strikes is not matched by condemnation of terrorism

Pakistan Taliban offers Imran Khan protection - Telegraph

Pakistan's Taliban says it has offered Imran Khan its protection for a peace march into militant-infested tribal areas at the weekend.

Robert Naiman: Why I'm Going to Pakistan: Under Scrutiny, the Drone Strike Policy Will Fall

Most Democrats want to get U.S. troops the hell out of Afghanistan (outside of Official Washington, most Republicans agree.) But, the story goes, these Democrats have to have an "alternative," and the "alternative" is drone strikes.

Let’s give peace a chance - Imran Khan

The PTI Peace March will provide the US a chance to change course that will not only benefit the people of the area, but also the US in nullifying considerably the hate-filled legacy that it has nurtured for over a decade of inhuman presence here.

New Stanford/NYU study documents the civilian terror from Obama's drones

Glenn Greenwald: New research shows the terrorizing impact of drones in Pakistan, false statements from US officials, and how it increases the terror threat

“Living Under Drones” – the anti-drone campaign can do damage too | Pakistan: Now or Never?

Much criticism has been levelled recently at the U.S. drone campaign in Pakistan's tribal areas. But the anti-drone campaign can be harmful too, by promoting a narrative which runs against the interests of those who live there.

The folly of drone attacks and U.S. strategy - CNN.com

On March 17, 2011 a drone attack killed at least 40 members of a Wazir tribal Jirga, which was resolving a land ownership dispute among sub-tribes in Waziristan, a mountainous region in northwest Pakistan, according to local media reports.