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June 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Figures show that the American drone strikes killed at least 212 people in Yemen and Pakistan in the month of May. The aerial attacks were initiated by former US President George W. Bush but have escalated under President Barack Obama.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Naveed Ahmad, defense and diplomacy analyst from Islamabad, to further discuss the issue. The following is a transcription of the interview.
Press TV: The Pakistani people are angry with them, the government isn’t happy about them, under what premise does the US continue to violate Pakistan’s sovereignty with these illegal drone strikes?
Ahmad: Pakistan-US relations have been at odds, and Pakistan has been making it a key factor that the US should have to stop the drone attacks and then they can talk about any kind of resumption of NATO supplies.
Since the talks failed and the Chicago summit could not bear any results, the US has become a lot more jittery and it’s back in its fault of punishing Pakistan.
Although there has been rhetoric about a relationship for a long-term and it’s not a short-term relationship, etcetera, for the past ten years, again we are back to square one and the United States has started these drone attacks. Yesterday was the sixth one since the new wave started, and every time there are casualties.
Now, the changes that the Pakistani media — Reuters, AFP, AP are also terming all the victims as fighters instead of tribesmen or suspected fighters or alleged supporters of Taliban or al-Qaeda. This is a big change. The Pakistani government is condemning all the way but there is no retaliatory action so far.
Press TV: The issue of the closure of NATO supply routes also comes to mind. Will these drone strikes deal further blows to the already deteriorating ties between Washington and Islamabad?
Ahmad: Yes, this is a strong arm tactic that Washington is trying to apply on Pakistan. It’s not the first one in this recent season. The previous one was in the run-up to Pakistan’s annual budget which was announced on the first of June.
Since mid-April, the pressure was on Pakistan that you would not get anymore IMF, World Bank assistance if Pakistan does not succumb to US demands, and US demands were very clear regarding the NATO supplies in Afghanistan, trainers in Pakistan.
Those trainers were allegedly the ones who were trying to hire or spy inside Pakistan. Pakistani security establishment cleared its own agents and, of course, the drone strikes were always a big issue for the Pakistan public more than the Pakistani government or the military.
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