Some senior Pakistani military officials said that Pakistan has denied the United States’ request to expand their drone attack farther into the country. One of the officials said that neither the government nor the military want to risk the possibility of domestic pressure on the expansion of the drones. A senior NATO military official said that the United States requested to expand the drones in western city Quetta and other tribal regions on the Afghan border. Though they have denied their expansion, they agreed to expand their intelligence. They Pakistani governments have given the green light to enhance the intelligence with using some intelligence CIA officials in the country. The officials that talked to the media weren’t authorized to do so, so they asked to not be named because of the sensitivity of the situation.
This goes to show that even though the drone attacks are having success, the Pakistani people still are not very fond of the drones. This is understandable, because if another country was attacking United States soil to take out terrorist, the United States would not be happy at all. Though the Pakistan military and government denied the expansion, they are offering help by giving so more intelligence. Since they are helping the United States with more intelligence, the US should be able to still take out even more of the terrorist over seas.
This could also show that the people of Pakistan are getting tired of the drone attacks. The drone attacks usually take out the terrorist group militants and insurgents, but on occasion may take out some innocent bystanders as well. When these innocent lives are taken, people get upset and will blame these attacks for killing the wrong people. Some people may believe that the drone attacks are too dangerous, and that the US needs to find another way to take out the terrorist groups.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/22/pakistan.us.drones/?hpt=T2
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