Obama Attacks Pakistan

Direct Transcript From Democracy Now!:
Outrage continues to mount over the US military’s first act of war approved by President Obama. Last Friday unmanned US Predator drones fired missiles at houses in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas, or FATA, killing as many as 22 people, including at least 3 children.

The United States has carried out 30 such drone attacks on alleged Al Qaeda targets inside Pakistani territory since last summer, killing some 250 people, according to a tally by Reuters.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani told an audience at the World Economic Forum Thursday that US drone attacks were “counterproductive” and ended up uniting local communities with militants.

But Defense Secretary Robert Gates indicated Tuesday at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that such strikes would continue and that Pakistani officials were aware of US policy on this matter.