Islamabad. .- The United States did it again ignored warnings from Pakistan that respects their sovereignty and today launched the second attack drones in Pakistani tribal areas since the death of Osama Bin Laden in this country. Both attacks have been recorded each time Islamabad has spoken out against the assault of the U.S.
command that killed eight days ago the leader of Al Qaeda, which the U.S. president, Barack Obama, had a "support system" in Pakistan . Five people lost their life today and seven were wounded in the bombing of one of those aircraft in South Waziristan, according to "local sources" quoted by the television channel "Express." The missiles hit a building and a vehicle were destroyed in the area of Angoor Adda, near the border with Afghanistan, according to sources.
Last year, such attacks were recorded at an average of almost one every three days until a total of 118. This year, however, had slowed, especially from late January to a contractor of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was arrested after killing two motorists Pakistanis, but was later released.
Directed against the Taliban insurgency, Al Qaeda cells or groups accused the attacks of spy planes tend to be precise, according to intelligence sources, although human rights organizations report that they also kill civilians. Security sources note that this year the U.S. has resorted to these attacks at key moments in a show of force exercise even more clear since the death of Bin Laden and the protests in Pakistan by an operation that violated its sovereignty.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, restated his government's opposition to such attacks. Gilani's warning came after the Army announced and the last day 5 would not tolerate another deadly operation like the U.S. to kill Bin Laden. Only a day later, the U.S. launched its first missile attack in North Waziristan region that left at least thirteen dead.
A security source consulted by Efe found that, despite their protests, neither the government nor the army nor the secret services (ISI) of Pakistan have ventured to make decisions as cross operation against Bin Laden illegal or cut off supplies to NATO troops deployed in Afghanistan. This does not prevent the tension between the ISI and the CIA has fired since the death of the leader of Al Qaeda.
The latest example of this spiral was the charge made yesterday by U.S. sources that the ISI had leaked the name of the Pakistani head of the CIA in Islamabad. The name circulating on the Internet but the Western media have chosen to obviate to protect officer safety. The former CIA chief in Islamabad and had to be replaced earlier this year after his name was revealed in a lawsuit filed by a Pakistani lawyer, just against attacks by drones.
American espionage then also accused the ISI of leaking the name, which the lawyer himself and sources of the Pakistani secret services refused to Efe. The high tension between Washington and Islamabad triggered by the death of Bin Laden in the city of Abbottabad, just 60 kilometers from the Pakistani capital and home to the main academy cadets of Pakistan has also resulted in the publication of the 'New York Times that the commandos that killed terrorist leader was prepared to deal with Pakistani forces if it had been necessary during the operation.
The remark picked up by the newspaper, citing U.S. military and political sources, is an open secret in such operations but the time chosen to give an echo, in full spiral of tension between Washington and Islamabad, it seems fortuitous. 
command that killed eight days ago the leader of Al Qaeda, which the U.S. president, Barack Obama, had a "support system" in Pakistan . Five people lost their life today and seven were wounded in the bombing of one of those aircraft in South Waziristan, according to "local sources" quoted by the television channel "Express." The missiles hit a building and a vehicle were destroyed in the area of Angoor Adda, near the border with Afghanistan, according to sources.
Last year, such attacks were recorded at an average of almost one every three days until a total of 118. This year, however, had slowed, especially from late January to a contractor of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was arrested after killing two motorists Pakistanis, but was later released.
Directed against the Taliban insurgency, Al Qaeda cells or groups accused the attacks of spy planes tend to be precise, according to intelligence sources, although human rights organizations report that they also kill civilians. Security sources note that this year the U.S. has resorted to these attacks at key moments in a show of force exercise even more clear since the death of Bin Laden and the protests in Pakistan by an operation that violated its sovereignty.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, restated his government's opposition to such attacks. Gilani's warning came after the Army announced and the last day 5 would not tolerate another deadly operation like the U.S. to kill Bin Laden. Only a day later, the U.S. launched its first missile attack in North Waziristan region that left at least thirteen dead.
A security source consulted by Efe found that, despite their protests, neither the government nor the army nor the secret services (ISI) of Pakistan have ventured to make decisions as cross operation against Bin Laden illegal or cut off supplies to NATO troops deployed in Afghanistan. This does not prevent the tension between the ISI and the CIA has fired since the death of the leader of Al Qaeda.
The latest example of this spiral was the charge made yesterday by U.S. sources that the ISI had leaked the name of the Pakistani head of the CIA in Islamabad. The name circulating on the Internet but the Western media have chosen to obviate to protect officer safety. The former CIA chief in Islamabad and had to be replaced earlier this year after his name was revealed in a lawsuit filed by a Pakistani lawyer, just against attacks by drones.
American espionage then also accused the ISI of leaking the name, which the lawyer himself and sources of the Pakistani secret services refused to Efe. The high tension between Washington and Islamabad triggered by the death of Bin Laden in the city of Abbottabad, just 60 kilometers from the Pakistani capital and home to the main academy cadets of Pakistan has also resulted in the publication of the 'New York Times that the commandos that killed terrorist leader was prepared to deal with Pakistani forces if it had been necessary during the operation.
The remark picked up by the newspaper, citing U.S. military and political sources, is an open secret in such operations but the time chosen to give an echo, in full spiral of tension between Washington and Islamabad, it seems fortuitous.
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