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Edition: U.S. Article Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared Tablet? Slate? New devices emerge as Apple looms 07 Jan 2010 "Jay Leno Show" future uncertain 2:20am EST House Democrats discuss health care priorities 07 Jan 2010 TV makers bet big on 3D but payoff uncertain 07 Jan 2010 Employers unexpectedly cut jobs in December 9:52am EST Speeding motorist fined $290,000 07 Jan 2010 Tablet? Slate? New devices emerge as Apple looms 07 Jan 2010 Employers unexpectedly cut jobs in December 9:52am EST Folic acid in late pregnancy tied to child asthma 06 Jan 2010 "Jay Leno Show" future uncertain 2:20am EST U.S. senators defend Pakistan drone attacks Michael Georgy ISLAMABAD Fri Jan 8, 2010 7:23am EST Related News Q+A: What is behind U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan? 5:37am EST ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. senators on Friday defended American drone aircraft strikes in ally Pakistan, an issue likely to become more volatile if Washington intensifies the attacks to hunt down enemies after the bombing of CIA agents in Afghanistan. World Pakistan officially objects to the attacks on suspected al Qaeda and Taliban militants along its border with Afghanistan, saying they violate its sovereignty. And Islamabad has pushed Washington to provide it with the drones to allow it to carry out its own attacks on Taliban insurgents, a move that could ease widespread anti-American sentiment in Pakistan. "We don't agree on every issue. We believe that, as I have stated and as our government has stated, that it is one of many tools that we must use to try to defeat a very determined and terrible enemy," said U.S. Senator John McCain. There have been a high number of pilotless drone aircraft attacks in Pakistan since a double agent blew himself up at a U.S. base in Afghanistan on December 30, killing seven CIA agents. That blast, which marked a huge CIA intelligence failure, will pile pressure on the U.S. military to kill high-profile militants based along the Afghan-Pakistan frontier. The United States sees the drones as a highly effective weapon in a global hub for militants. The strikes have killed some prominent al Qaeda militants. Many al Qaeda and Taliban members fled to northwestern Pakistan's ungoverned ethnic Pashtun belt after U.S.-led forces ousted Afghanistan's Taliban government in 2001. From there they have orchestrated insurgencies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pakistan has not objected to drone strikes that have killed militants fighting the Pakistani state, such as Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud. But Pakistan does oppose strikes on strategic regional assets such as the Afghan Haqqani militant group, which had ties with Pakistan's ISI spy agency and would give it leverage in Afghanistan if the country is gripped by chaos again. STRATEGIC COMPLEXITIES At the same time the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani group is high on the U.S. hit list, and speculation is growing it may have been linked to the bomb attack on the CIA, illustrating the complexities and sensitivities in U.S.-Pakistani ties. The drone issue was raised when a delegation of U.S. senators led by McCain met President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday. They have also met the prime minister, as well as army chief general Ashfaq Kayani. He is the pivotal figure because the military makes security decisions and effectively sets foreign policy. Drone attacks are a politically charged issue between the United States and Pakistan, which Washington sees as the front-line state in its war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Pakistan fears the strikes could undermine efforts to deal with militancy because the civilian casualties inflame public anger and bolster support for the fighters. Asked if he had the same concerns, McCain told reporters: "There are elements operating in Pakistan that if allowed to do so would go to Afghanistan and kill Americans and destroy that government and re-establish Afghanistan as a base for attacks on the United States and our allies. That's what I understand." The United States carried out 51 drone air strikes in Pakistan last year, killing about 460 people, including many foreign militants, according to a tally of reports from Pakistani officials and residents. McCain suggested no other options were under consideration in the event that the drone strikes failed to deliver. Asked if he would support U.S. ground operations on Pakistani soil, McCain said he had never been briefed on that. "Very frankly, I think it would have to be done in coordination and in agreement with the Pakistani government and military," he said. Pakistan's reluctance to go after the Haqqani network, whose leader worked with the CIA in the 1980s against Soviet occupation troops in Afghanistan, has strained ties with Washington. "The Americans see it as absolutely vital to eliminate the Haqqani network because they are the ones that can carry out attacks in the major cities in Afghanistan, which nobody else has the capacity to do," said Ahmed Rashid, an expert on militant groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The U.S. embassy has accused Pakistan of taking provocative action and making false allegations against U.S. personnel. U.S. officials say Pakistan is also stalling their visa applications. "It's a point of friction. We would like to see it resolved. We would like to see the visas granted that are necessary for our embassy to do our job," said McCain. Al Qaeda's Afghan wing claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, the second-most deadly attack in CIA history, saying it was revenge for the deaths of militant leaders, including Mehsud, who was killed in a drone attack. His death had not eased a raging Taliban insurgency gripping Pakistan. (Additional reporting by Faisal Aziz in Karachi; Editing by Robert Birsel) World More from Reuters Employers unexpectedly cut jobs in December WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 85,000 jobs in December, cooling optimism on the labor market's recovery and keeping pressure on President Barack Obama to find ways to spur job growth. 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