RLP Urges Obama to Halt Predator Attacks

Today, a suspected US predator drone struck two houses in western Pakistan. One of the attacks apparently hit the target, a suspected militant, but the other hit a pro-government supporter’s house, killing him and four members of his family, including a young child. As discussed previously on this site, these types of attacks do nothing to strengthen the rule of law in Pakistan and, if anything, only hurt the US’s long term security interests in the region.

These deaths constitute the first civilian casualties in Pakistan since Obama took office on Tuesday.