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November 25, 2013

Thousands Protest U.S. Drone War in Pakistan 
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Thousands of people rallied in Pakistan over the weekend in protest of
the U.S. drone war. Speaking at a march in Karachi, Pakistani political
leader Munawwar Hasan said the Pakistani government should close off
NATO supply routes to bring drone strikes to an end.

Munawwar Hasan: "Drone strikes should come to an end, and Pakistan has
the easiest means of stopping the drone attacks. America has to pass
hundreds of thousands of containers through this country. More than one
hundred thousand soldiers have to pass through Pakistan on their way out
of Afghanistan. Pakistan should step on the tail of the United States,
and stop the NATO supplies. When this pressure increases on them, they
will be willing to accept all our demands."

On Saturday, a crowd of thousands staged a symbolic blockade of the NATO
supply route in Peshawar.