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Published 11/16/2008 by Karen DeYoung and Joby Warrick at Wash Post Obama Administration
The United States and Pakistan reached tacit agreement in September on a don't-ask-don't-tell policy that allows unmanned Predator aircraft to attack suspected terrorist targets in rugged western Pakistan, according to senior officials in both countries. In recent months, the U.S. drones have fired...
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