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May 11, 2011

Drone Attack Kills 4 in Pakistan; Attorney Preps Legal Challenge 
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Four people have been killed in the latest U.S. drone attack in
Pakistan. Tuesday's bombing was at least the second in Pakistan since
the killing of Osama bin Laden on May 1. A Pakistani lawyer, meanwhile,
says he is preparing a new legal challenge against the drone attacks in
Pakistani, U.S. and international courts. The attorney, Mirza Shahzad
Akbar, claims he has rounded up at least 24 people who have been
wounded, or lost family members in CIA drone strikes in Pakistan's
tribal region. Akbar is also representing Kareem Khan, a Pakistani
journalist who filed suit against the CIA for a drone strike that killed
his brother and his son.



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