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2010-03-11 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2010-03-11 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan

#1 US drone attacks have killed over 1200 people in Pakistan over the past six years.

Hmmm, that's 200 people per year. Quite a crowd if you could get them all in one place, a convenient but unlikely circumstance.

According to the always interesting and sometimes factual Wikipedia, the Land of the Pure has a murder rate of 6.86/100,000 with a population of around 166,000,000 which works out to roughly 11,000 corpses annually. So our ghastly 200 zapees is only about 2% of the total - a mere drop the bucket. I doubt they will be missed, except by their Mums.

Posted by SteveS 2010-03-11 01:19|| 2010-03-11 01:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Only 2%? It's 78% of the other 98% that need attending to. I'll join the call for mass application of gravity bombs....

Posted by M. Murcek 2010-03-11 03:10|| 2010-03-11 03:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Islamabad has repeatedly condemned the attacks, saying they violate Pakistan's sovereignty

Even though the drones launch from airfields in Pak Baluchistan.

Posted by Snique Bourbon4350 2010-03-11 05:23|| 2010-03-11 05:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Washington Examiner reports Barader is "singing like a male canary", becoming a vital source of info on the area.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-03-11 09:59|| 2010-03-11 09:59|| Front Page Top

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2010-03-11 14:25|| 2010-03-11 14:25|| Front Page Top

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