BTL:U.S.-NATO Drone Attacks and Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan and Pakistan Provoke Hatred

U.S.-NATO Drone Attacks and Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan and Pakistan Provoke Hatred and Violence

Interview with Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, conducted by Scott Harris



The May 1st U.S. Navy Seal Commando raid into Pakistan that killed Osama bin-Laden set off an angry backlash among Pakistani government and military officials who were kept in the dark by the White House and Pentagon about the impending assault on the al-Qaeda leader’s secret compound. While many Americans have watched and read accounts of this famous incursion into Pakistan, most are unaware that the U.S. and NATO have launched dozens of unmanned predator drones with guided missiles to attack suspected Taliban guerillas and terrorist groups in the tribal regions of both Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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