Obama admits using spy planes in Pakistan and Iraq

President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama that he is waging strikes by drones against al Qaeda in Pakistan, now that Washington refrain yet officially confirmed the raids. During the question and answer session with the pioneers of the Internet on my Google and YouTube, Obama defended these operations, and said: «Of course, many of these strikes targeting the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan». And that «is keen that people understand that the drones do not cause the fall of a large number of civilian victims».
Obama said: «There is a belief that we fight a lot of strikes randomly. It targets specific actions, directed against the persons included on the list of terrorists and seeking exposure to the U.S. », saying« it is important that everyone understands that it be supervised very closely ».
In response to the words of U.S. President, Pakistan stressed that the raids carried out by drone illegal and counterproductive, and therefore is unacceptable, and that Islamabad would take a firm stand them.

Some flights in Iraq
In this context, the U.S. president said on the report of the New York Times under the title «U.S. aircraft without a pilot in the skies of Iraq raises resentment Iraqis»: The «truth of the matter we do not carry out air strikes from unmanned aircraft in Iraq». The «There are some acts of espionage to ensure the protection of our embassy compound». He added that the United States respects the sovereignty of all countries, even used the drones on the borders of countries.
For its part, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Victoria Nuland: It may be in the ministry program of drones used by «but very small and unarmed and unable to arms and is designed to provide assistance through the provision of images to us on our facilities to help protect them». The newspaper Al-Sabah said that the government and the House of Representatives rejected a U.S. plan to deploy reconnaissance aircraft under the pretext of protecting its diplomats, and saw the flight of any aircraft in Iraqi airspace without official permission, a violation and a violation of international conventions, and the terms of the security agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington.

Obama admits using spy planes in Pakistan and Iraq