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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDrone attacks: US has to respect Pakistan's red lines, says Raza Rabbani
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on the National Security (PCNS) Raza Rabbani on Wednesday made it clear that the drone strikes, despite remarks of some senior US officials, were a violation of Pakistans sovereignty, and had to stop.
Speaking on a point of order during the Senate proceedings, Rabbani took an exception to a statement by some US officials who had tried to validate drone strikes under the international law. He said that the US would have to respect Pakistans sovereignty and the drone attacks have to be stopped.
The US [administration] is giving lip service to respecting sovereignty of Pakistan. They have failed to honour the voice of our parliamentary resolution which was passed unanimously. This [resolution] is the will of our people as the Parliament represents the people of Pakistan, Rabbani complained.
He said that when a drone attack was carried out inside Pakistani territory after the parliamentary recommendations were finalised, he had summoned a special meeting of the PCNS and condemned the attack.
Read more: http://tribune.com.pk/story/373286/drone-attacks-us-has-to-respect-pakistans-red-lines-says-raza-rabbani/
I bet that the same would be mentioned by US politicians and protesters in this country if a foreign country sent its military or military equipment into our country and began a multi-year campaign of drone terror which resulted, and continues to result, in the deaths of numerous civilians and suspects without trial.
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Drone attacks: US has to respect Pakistan's red lines, says Raza Rabbani (Original Post)
The Northerner
May 2012
OP
Saber-rattling by the guy who just got 1.8 billion from us a few weeks ago....
msanthrope
May 2012
#1
"So you support the senseless killing of indecent people in the name of terror?"
msanthrope
May 2012
#4
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)1. Saber-rattling by the guy who just got 1.8 billion from us a few weeks ago....
Mian, Mian...if you were really pissed, you'd give the CSF money back.
But you won't.
Tell us again how Mr. Bin Laden was living in your country?
RC
(25,592 posts)2. So you support the senseless killing of indecent people in the name of terror?
How many new terrorists do we make for each one we supposedly kill?
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)4. "So you support the senseless killing of indecent people in the name of terror?"
No, I generally like indecent people.
RC
(25,592 posts)6. Well, I knew what I meant before I ran it through the spell check.
That wasn't quite it. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.
sudopod
(5,019 posts)3. Hey, buddy, we paid for that hunting license!
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)5. And what will they do if they don't stop? n/t