"John Kerry Tells Pakistan He Hopes Drone Strikes Will End 'Very Soon'"

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John Kerry Tells Pakistan He Hopes Drone Strikes Will End 'Very Soon'

by Leslie Wroughton and Maria Golovnina at Business Insider


http://www.businessinsider.com/john-kerry-pakistan-drone-strikes-2013-8

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Pakistanis on Thursday he hoped U.S. drone strikes in their nation would end "very, very soon," a message meant to ease anti-American resentment in the strategic country.

After meeting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Kerry said they had agreed to re-establish a "full partnership", hoping to end years of acrimony over the drone strikes and other grievances including the May 2011 U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

In a television interview later, Kerry said of the drone strikes, "I think the program will end as we have eliminated most of the threat and continue to eliminate it."

"I think the president has a very real timeline and we hope it's going to be very, very soon," he told Pakistan Television, when asked whether the U.S. had a timetable for ending drone strikes aimed at militants in Pakistan.


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[matthews]

1. How nice. He hopes pretty soon we'll be able to quit murdering

innocent civilians.

So do I.

[RC]

2. +10

Don't worry, we'll find somewhere else to blow innocents up. Gotta to protect our National Security, donchakno?