A U.S. drone has fired several missiles at two buildings in the Pakistani region of Waziristan (North), killing at least eight Taliban militants, as reported by security sources cited by Pakistan. Four other people were injured, according to the sources, which have ensured that the dead were "suspected insurgents" and that the final death toll could rise.
The province of Waziristan is a stronghold of Al Qaeda and the Taliban and a frequent missile attacks by U.S.. Being mountainous and rugged, the region is a perfect hideaway for jihadist networks, the Taliban and al Qaeda. Today is the first attack with a drone on Pakistani soil since the death of Bin Laden in the assault of a special forces command of the U.S.
Navy, on Monday. The operation of the CIA has become the ever-sensitive to strain relations between the U.S. and Pakistan. Washington decided to conduct a unilateral incursion into Abbottabad without seeking permission from the Pakistani authorities, a decision that prompted a wave of criticism in the Arab country.
U.S. justified it saying it was the only way to ensure the success of the operation. Washington also took advantage of the elimination of former leader of Al Qaeda to accuse Pakistan of not doing enough in the war against terrrorismo, which is supposed to be a close ally of the United States, to be unaware of the presence of Bin Laden in his own territory.
In fact, the Saudi terrorist hideout in Abbottabad was a few miles from a Pakistan Army's military academy. Yesterday, the Pakistani government threatened to review its cooperation with Washington if it went back to repeat a similar action. The measure appears the answer to the humiliation that the Pakistani military has been assumed to act as their U.S.
counterparts, reports Los Angeles Espinosa. The drone attacks are a common instrument of the United States in its fight against fundamentalism in the tribal area of Pakistan, but in recent weeks had been spacing. UN urges U.S. clarification from representatives of the UN human rights have asked the U.S.
to disclose information related to the death of Osama Bin Laden to determine if they meet international standards and whether they considered the possibility of capturing him alive. In a statement signed by Christof Heyns, and Martin Scheinin, the UN experts recognize that in "certain exceptional circumstances, use lethal force may be allowed as a last resort, in accordance with international standards for the use of force and In order to protect life.
" However, they emphasized that, as a rule, the terrorists must be treated as criminals, arrested under the law and tribunals, the corresponding sanction. 
The province of Waziristan is a stronghold of Al Qaeda and the Taliban and a frequent missile attacks by U.S.. Being mountainous and rugged, the region is a perfect hideaway for jihadist networks, the Taliban and al Qaeda. Today is the first attack with a drone on Pakistani soil since the death of Bin Laden in the assault of a special forces command of the U.S.
Navy, on Monday. The operation of the CIA has become the ever-sensitive to strain relations between the U.S. and Pakistan. Washington decided to conduct a unilateral incursion into Abbottabad without seeking permission from the Pakistani authorities, a decision that prompted a wave of criticism in the Arab country.
U.S. justified it saying it was the only way to ensure the success of the operation. Washington also took advantage of the elimination of former leader of Al Qaeda to accuse Pakistan of not doing enough in the war against terrrorismo, which is supposed to be a close ally of the United States, to be unaware of the presence of Bin Laden in his own territory.
In fact, the Saudi terrorist hideout in Abbottabad was a few miles from a Pakistan Army's military academy. Yesterday, the Pakistani government threatened to review its cooperation with Washington if it went back to repeat a similar action. The measure appears the answer to the humiliation that the Pakistani military has been assumed to act as their U.S.
counterparts, reports Los Angeles Espinosa. The drone attacks are a common instrument of the United States in its fight against fundamentalism in the tribal area of Pakistan, but in recent weeks had been spacing. UN urges U.S. clarification from representatives of the UN human rights have asked the U.S.
to disclose information related to the death of Osama Bin Laden to determine if they meet international standards and whether they considered the possibility of capturing him alive. In a statement signed by Christof Heyns, and Martin Scheinin, the UN experts recognize that in "certain exceptional circumstances, use lethal force may be allowed as a last resort, in accordance with international standards for the use of force and In order to protect life.
" However, they emphasized that, as a rule, the terrorists must be treated as criminals, arrested under the law and tribunals, the corresponding sanction.
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