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February 13, 2012

Pakistani Minister: U.S. Drones Are Counter-Productive 
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Hundreds of Pakistanis held a protest Sunday against the U.S. drone
strikes. Protesters burned an effigy of President Obama. In related
news, Pakistan's foreign minister has publicly warned U.S. drone strikes
inside Pakistan are counter-productive and leading to the radicalization
of many Pakistanis. Hina Rabbani Khar made the comment in an interview
on the tv channel Russia Today.

Hina Rabbani Khar: "In our view drones are not only completely illegal
and unlawful, and have no authorization to be used within the domains of
international law, but even more importantly, they are counterproductive
to your objective of getting this region rid of militancy and terrorism
and extremism. Because if one strike leads to getting you target number
one, or target number three, today; you are creating five more targets,
or ten more targets in the militancy that it breeds-in the fodder that
it gives to the militants to attract more people to join their ranks."



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