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US missile strikes violate int'l law, says Pakistan

AFP, AP, Islamabad/ United Nations
Pakistan said yesterday the United States was violating international law by launching missile attacks on its northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
A series of recent strikes against suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban hideouts in Pakistan's tribal areas -all blamed on unmanned CIA drones -- have raised tensions between Washington and Islamabad.
"The attacks are in violation of international law and in violation of all understandings between the two sides," foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Sadiq told
a press briefing in Islamabad.
"Statements made by Pakistani leadership as well as rules of engagement are very clear," he said, adding that the discussions the two countries had on rules of engagement were also "very clear."
"The government of Pakistan is committed to do whatever is possi ble to stop these attacks. We are working on several levels to address the issue".
In New York Pakistan's president pressed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday to halt cross border US missile strikes targeting militants in his country's volatile tribal regions, the Pakistani foreign minister said.
"These drone attacks are unpro-
ductive, and they arc contributing to alienation as opposed to winning people over," Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in an interview after briefing reporters on the 20 minute meeting between Rice and President Asif Ali Zardari.
The US military is believed to have carried out at least 18 missile attacks on suspected militant targets close to the border in Pakistan since August. The missiles arc believed to be fired from unmanned planes launched in Afghanistan, where some 32,000 US troops arc fighting a resurgent Taliban insurgency.
The strikes also should be
halted to avoid the inadvertent deaths of civilians, Qureshi said. "In fact, what is required is more sharing of intelligence information. What is required is building Pakistan's capacity to deal with insurgency," he said.
State Department officials declined to comment on the meeting.
President-elect Barack Obama's incoming administration presents a fresh opportunity for Pakistan to emphasise more dialogue and development, Qureshi said.
"We'll be discussing with them a more comprehensive strategy. Because Pakistan is of the view that military means is not the be-all and the end-all.’ he said.