Missile Threatens US Ties

January 2006 | Ratings Update

Bilateral relations with America took a further hit in January, when at least 18 people were killed by missiles reportedly fired by a CIA-operated drone. The US airstrike, the latest in a series of attacks, missed its apparent target, al Qaeda’s number two, Ayman al Zawahri. Thousands of protesters from liberal and Islamic political groups joined an anti-US rally in Karachi in a rare show of solidarity, while many smaller demonstrations took place nationwide. The united opposition protest and growing anti-US sentiment in Pakistan raises political pressure on President Pervez Musharraf, an increasingly isolated supporter of America’s war on terror.

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