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December 12, 2011

Pakistan Pushes U.S. Troops From Remote Air Base Used in Secret Drone Program 
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The Pakistani government has succeeded in forcing the United States to
vacate a remote air base in Pakistan used by the United States in its
secret drone program. Pakistan called for the closing of the base in
southwestern province of Baluchistan after a deadly NATO air strike
killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.



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