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Remote-Control Drone Attacks Risk Losing 'Hearts and Minds' of Civilians in Pakistan. Oct 26, 2009 Politics. The civilian casualties resulting from the use of Predator drones have long been a subject of fierce criticism, ...
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When you're trying to win a battle of hearts and minds, trying to win over civilian populations against terrorists, it can be counterproductive. That's why [the former Petraeus adviser and counterinsurgency theorist] David Kilcullen ...
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Civilian casualties strewn across these battlefields have been obscured by the fog of war, but hundreds of thousands of people, mainly civilians, could ultimately die in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, each of them leaving a legacy of vengeful
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Second, the Taliban are terrorizing civilians in those areas that lack significant or any coalition force presence and very courageous political leaders at the local governance level are left defenseless. .... For example, who knows what kind of
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By the middle of this week over 17500 now destitute families, an estimated 128000 individuals, had registered as displaced people with the authorities in the towns of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank. As further evidence that the army has at ...
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These are serious challenges for Pakistan's civilian, military, and intelligence leaders. Historically, Pakistani intelligence services have used the Taliban as a hedge, and there is a real concern that that continues. If we falter in Afghanistan, ...