US drone attack kills scores of civilians in Pakistan

In Pakistan, the US launched two drone attacks Tuesday, including one that killed between 50 and 100 people.  The second drone bombed a funeral procession, in an attempt to kill Baitullah Mehsud, a top Taliban leader in the South Waziristan district.

Mehsud survived the attack or according to Taliban source, he wasn´t even there. Most of the casualties were civilians according to local sources, angering the Pakistani government, which has repeatedly asked the US to stop these kinds of attacks.

According to information gathered from Pakistani intelligence and government officials, the US has conducted 43 drone attacks since the beginning of last year. In order to take a closer look at Pakistan´s reaction to these continuing attacks, FSRN spoke to Hamid Mir, the executive editor of Pakistan´s Geo Television and a well known journalist and talk show host in Pakistan.