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Drone attacks may be expanded in Pakistan
U.S.
officials seek to push CIA drone strikes into the major city of Quetta
to try to pressure Pakistan into pursuing Taliban leaders based there.
By Greg Miller and Julian E. Barnes
December 14, 2009
Reporting from Washington - Senior U.S. officials are pushing to expand
CIA drone strikes beyond Pakistan's tribal region and into a major city
in an attempt to pressure the Pakistani government to pursue Taliban
leaders based in Quetta.
The proposal has opened a contentious new front in the clandestine war.
The prospect of Predator aircraft strikes in Quetta, a sprawling city,
signals a new U.S. resolve to decapitate the Taliban. But it also risks
rupturing Washington's relationship with Islamabad.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-us-pakistan14-2009dec14,0,3617313,full.story