US missile attacks are pretty heavy in Pakistan this week. Fired from unmaned drones, about 20 missiles slammed in to homes, tents, destroyed cars and killed 24 "insurgents" says AP. The insurgents are only "suspected" insurgents and "alleged" insurgents as well. So the capitalist media mouthpieces are very careful to cover their asses as "The identities of the rest of the people killed in the attacks were not immediately known" adds AP.
The covert CIA missile program has killed hundreds, possibly thousands of men women and children in Pakistan, many of them civilians. Of course, there's nothing wrong with being an "insurgent" either really. After all, the US has and still does harbor some of the world's most notorious terrorists, many of them dictators or former dictators that the US corporate state installed in a country to protect its profit taking there; the Shah of Iran might be remembered by some. Imagine how we would react if the Iranian government had dropped a few missiles on LA trying to get the murderous Shah when he was here.
The murder of Pakistan's citizens by the CIA is criminal to say the least. It is a violation of the nation's sovereignty for sure. The Pakistani government is said to support it behind the scenes but anyone aware of the history of Pakistan's secret service wouldn't give them much credibility.
The US is feared and increasingly hated by most of the world's people. Most American's wouldn't be aware of this as the news media in the US is the most censored in the industrialized world. The continued murder of the citizens of the world by the agents of US capitalism is the best recruiting tool for terrorist groups.
The "war on terror" is also a convenient diversion from the war on the US working class at home. Those killed in the September 11th attacks, tragic as it was, pale when compared to the number of Americans that die from the lack of healthcare, workplace safety, homelessness and other ills caused by the system that the directors of the missile attacks on the people of Pakistan perpetuate. The oil spill in the gulf of Mexico is a product of their rapacious thirst for profits; they are murderous and destroyers of the environment.
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