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=__Kajal Rai__= __**1.Essential Information**__


 * Headline:** Pakistan 'army air strike kills dozens of civilians'


 * Date:** Tuesday.April.13th.2010


 * Name of Publication:** BBC [|www.bbcnews.com]


 * Location:** Khyber, Pakistan


 * Topic:** A bomb from jet kills innocent civilians.

__**2.Summary of the Article**__

Approximately 73 civilians were killed when an army jet bombed a remote village in Pakistan's region of Khyber. The army jet from where the bomb was let go of was said to be American. This is assumed and said that the American's had thought that there was some kind of terrorists in that region. The jet was involved in operations against the Taliban militants in a nearby region. The question was arised against the us military that who are you trying to protect.? People are saying that the you are killing more civilians that actual militants. The military is insisting that most of the people that were killed by this air strike were militants but the locals are saying that yes there may have been some militants thatw ere killed but a lot of civilians and more innocent, children, women and men were also killed in this air strike. Villagers say that there was a another air strike by the Us drone missle that killed another 13 people on Monday. Many people have died in air strikes in the area over the past 18 months. A military spokesman also stated that those killed in the Pakistan air strike was only because the Us military had believed that militants were gathered at a site there.

__**3.Reaction to Article**__

In my opinion, I think that what the US military has done to all these poor civilians is horrible. I mean a lot of the poor innocent people died when definitely for sure did not deserve it. I mean the US may had a thinking that some Taliban militants were gathering at this site, but they should have had more evidence. So, now more and more poepel are dying because of all these air strikes that are being let go by the US. There have been a lot of people that have been injured and i do think that this is going to affect Pakistan itself in a big way because of all the costs that are going to have to go into giving treatment to all of the civilians that have been injured. I personally think that there could have been another way to resolve this and the US did not choose the right one. I think that the US should admit that they were wrong and it was a mistake for letting that air strike go.

__**4.Link to Article

[|www.news.bbc.south-asia.com]**__