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US Stations Predator Drones at Secret Base in Pakistan

HeadlineMar 05, 2008

In news from Pakistan, Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Tuesday for the second time in a month. The meeting comes as the Washington Post reports the US has moved Predator hunter-killer drones into a secret air base located in the Pakistani city of Jacobabad. The Pentagon is preparing to send about 100 US military trainers to Pakistan to assist a paramilitary force that is operating along the border with Afghanistan targeting al-Qaeda.

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