From: The New York Times
COMMENT - Isn't it amazing they can't understand why Pakistanis resent having drones murder toddlers?
To the Editor:
Re “Visiting Pakistan, Hagel Seeks to Shore Up Alliance” (news article, Dec. 10):
If the United States is serious about addressing Pakistan’s outrage over
continued drone strikes, it needs to start by investigating potentially
unlawful drone killings.
Across the border in Afghanistan, an American military commander
apologized after a drone strike allegedly killed a toddler last month
and pledged an investigation. Yet in Pakistan, the United States has
never taken such steps.
The United States’ silence on killings is speaking volumes. Instead of
clinging to official secrecy about a killing program of the Central
Intelligence Agency that has grown notorious, the administration should
commit to investigations and accountability for unlawful drone killings.
NAUREEN SHAH
Washington, Dec. 11, 2013
Washington, Dec. 11, 2013
The writer is advocacy adviser at Amnesty International USA and the author of several reports on drone strikes.
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