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November 4, 2011
Death From Above: The Other Side Of The Drone Wars
By John Moffett
LAST Friday, I took part in an unusual meeting in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. The meeting had been organized so that Pashtun tribal elders who lived along the Pakistani-Afghan frontier could meet with Westerners for the first time to offer their perspectives on the shadowy drone war being waged by the Central Intelligence Agency in their region.
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LAST Friday, I took part in an unusual meeting in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. The meeting had been organized so that Pashtun tribal elders who lived along the Pakistani-Afghan frontier could meet with Westerners for the first time to offer their perspectives on the shadowy drone war being waged by the Central Intelligence Agency in their region.John R. Moffett PhD is a research neuroscientist in the Washington, DC area. Dr. Moffett's main area of research focuses on the brain metabolite N-acetylaspartate, and an associated genetic disorder known as Canavan disease.