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Dec 06 2009

White House OKs expanding CIA drone program in Pakistan

Posted by doris in Afghanistan, CIA, Government, Terrorists

Full Story at CNN.com

Washington (CNN) — The White House has authorized an expansion of the CIA’s program to attack suspected al Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Pakistan along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border with missiles shot from pilotless planes, a U.S. official confirms.

The covert effort is part of the Obama administration’s plan to increase the number of U.S. military forces in Afghanistan and crack down on suspected terrorists in the region.

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