34. Dan Darling, “Al Qaeda’s Mad Scientist,” Weekly Standard, January 19, 2006.
35. “Pakistan Seeks Confirmation of Top Al-Qaeda Death,” Agence France-Presse, July 27, 2008, http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iZeuUhq2BG8kHdGutqrP0ujlye8A.
36. “US Kills Al Qaeda Chief in Air-Strike,” Telegraph, July 19, 2011.
37. Kathy Gannon, “Al Qaeda Said to Lose Key WMD Operative,” San Diego Union-Tribune, August 9, 2008. http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/world/20080809-1135-al-qaidasloss.html.
38. “Taliban Commander, 9 Others Killed in Missile Attack,” Geo.TV, August 13, 2008, http://www.geo.tv/8-13-2008/22577.htm; and Roggio, “Cross-Border Strike.”
39. “Pakistan Missile Strike Kills Eight: Officials,” Agence France-Presse, August 20, 2008, http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5grLj6xRsGSHp7FJtyLelxa6i3omA.
40. “Pakistan’s Musharraf Steps Down,” BBC News, August 18, 2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7567451.stm.
41. Government Accountability Office, U.S. Efforts to Address the Terrorist Threat in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas Require a Comprehensive Plan and Continued Oversight (Washington, DC: May 2008).
42. “Missile Attack Kills 5 Militants in Waziristan,” Daily Times, August 31, 2008; “Two Canadians Killed in Wana Missile Attack,” Dawn, August 31, 2008.
43. Huma Yusuf, “Fallout of the Davis Case,” Dawn, February 21, 2011.
44. “6 Killed, 8 Injured in Missile Attack in N. Waziristan,” Geo.TV, September 1, 2008.
45. Farhan Bokhari, Sami Yousufzai, and Tucker Reals, “U.S. Special Forces Strike in Pakistan,” CBS News, September 3, 2008, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/03/terror/main4409288.shtml.
46. Pir Zubair Shah, Eric Schmitt, and Jane Perlez, “American Forces Attack Militants on Pakistani Soil,” New York Times, September 3, 2008.
47. Ibid.
48. Julian Barnes and Greg Miller, “Pentagon May Step Up Raids in Pakistan,” Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2008.
49. Eric Schmitt and Mark Mazzetti, “Bush Said to Give Orders Allowing Raids in Pakistan,” New York Times, September 10, 2008.
50. Shah et al.,“American Forces Attack Militants.”
51. Jonathan Karl, Nick Schifrin, Kirit Radia, and Luis Martinez, “US Conducts First Raid on Terrorists in Pakistan,” ABC News, September 3, 2008, http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5718172.
52. “Pakistani Fury over US Assault,” BBC News, September 4, 2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7597529.stm.
53. “Bush OKs US Raids into Pakistan—Gen. Kayani Vows to Protect Sovereignty,” Arabnews.com, September 12, 2008.
54. Jane Perlez, “Pakistan’s Military Chief Criticizes U.S. over a Raid,” New York Times, September 10, 2008.
55. AFP, quoted in Bill Roggio, “Report: US Airstrike Kills 4 in North Waziristan,” Long War Journal, September 4, 2008, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/09/report_us_airstrike.php.
56. Pir Zubair Shah and Jane Perlez, “U.S. Missiles Killed at Least Six People on Afghanistan-Pakistan Border, Residents Say,” New York Times, September 5, 2008.
57. Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah, “US Attack on Taliban Kills 23 in Pakistan,” New York Times, September 9, 2009.
58. “Guard, Al Qaeda Chief in Pakistan Killed,” CNN, September 9, 2008, http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/pakistan.alqaeda.killed/index.html.
59. “‘Another US Strike’ Hits Pakistan,” BBC News, September 12, 2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7611721.stm.
60. Ibid.; “Suspected US Missile Kills Twelve in Pakistan,” Standard, September 12, 2008.
61. Ibid.
62. Anwar Iqbal, “Drone Strikes Kill High Value Targets, US Tells Pakistan,” Dawn, February 9, 2009.
63. “Seven Killed in Missile Strike in S. Waziristan,” Geo.TV, September 17, 2008, http://www.geo.tv/9-17-2008/25085.htm; “Pakistan Helps US Set Up Missile Strike: Source,” Reuters, September 17, 2008.
64. Jeremy Scahill, “The Secret US War in Pakistan,” Nation, November 23, 2009.
65. Julian Barnes and Greg Miller, “Pakistan Gets a Say in Drone Attacks on Militants,” Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2009.
66. Scahill, “Secret US War in Pakistan.”
67. Nicholas Schmidle, “Getting Bin Laden, What Happened That Night in Abbottabad,” New Yorker, August 8, 2011.
68. Ken Dilanian, “US Intensifies Drone Strikes in Pakistan,” Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2010.
69. Noah Shachtman, “US Military Joins CIA’s Drone War in Pakistan,” Danger Room (blog), Wired, December 10, 2009, http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/12/us-military-joins-cias-drone-war-in-pakistan/.
70. “2008: President Zardari Was Willing to Take Heat of ‘Cross-Border Raid,’” Dawn, May 26, 2011.
71. “US Drone Strike Kills Six People,” Telegraph, October 1, 2008.
72. “US Missile Kills 20 in N. Waziristan,” Geo.TV, October 4, 2008, http://www.geo.tv/10-4-2008/26211.htm.
73. “US Missile Kills 6 in Pakistan,” Reuters, October 9, 2008.
74. “US Drone Kills 5 in North Waziristan,” Geo.TV, October 12, 2009.
75. Pir Zubair Shah, “US Strike Is Said to Kill Al Qaeda Figure in Pakistan,” New York Times, October 17, 2008.
76. Pir Zubair Shah, “Airstrike Kills 8 Militants in Pakistan, Villagers Say,” New York Times, October 23, 2008.
77. “Suspected US Strike Kills Eight in South Waziristan,” Geo.TV, October 27, 2008, http://www.geo.tv/10-27-2008/27631.htm.
78. “‘US Strike’ Kills Taleban Leader,” BBC News, October 27, 2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7692373.stm.
79. “Suspected Missile Kills Seven in S. Waziristan,” Geo.TV, October 31, 2008, http://www.geo.tv/10-31-2008/27916.htm.
80. “Al Qaeda Propaganda Chief Killed in Strike: Officials,” Agence France-Presse, November 1, 2008, http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFRj05wy4-L2HckvAXmlqSQKJ-yQ.