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News Source Record

# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 22 July 2010 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | Global |
| Language | English |
| Terms matched | drone; drones; unmanned aircraft; drone strikes; drone attacks |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Outlet | BBC News |
| Title | America's secret drone war in Pakistan |
| Dateline | Islamabad |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10728844 |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2010-07-22|bbc-news|maqbool-pakistan-secret-drone-war |
| Source grade | A1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — A1]** Aleem Maqbool, BBC News, Islamabad, reported original interviews from the tribal belt on US unmanned-aircraft missile strikes. Residents included Sher Ahmad Wazir (Mir Ali, North Waziristan) opposing strikes because "a lot of civilians die"; "Zahid" (Wana, South Waziristan) saying they "target the right people"; and Bahar Wazir (Shawal) preferring drones to army ground operations. A senior US official told the BBC about 650 militants and only about 20 non-combatants had been killed since Obama took office; BBC Urdu figures were higher. Taliban spokesman Muhammed Umer said strikes caused short-term difficulty but "we get new courage." Interior Minister Rehman Malik denied Pakistani intelligence for the strikes and said: "The US should just give us the technology. If we do it ourselves, Pakistanis won't mind." The same official called drones "the most precise weapons system in the history of warfare." The CIA declined to comment. A 14 August BBC page fetched for this wave links this investigation as 22 July 2010.

**Kinematic object.** US unmanned aircraft firing missiles in North and South Waziristan.

**Coverage frame.** military

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original: named BBC Islamabad correspondent with tribal interviews, a Taliban spokesman, Malik, and a US official.
- Wire reprint status: Not a wire reprint.
- What was excluded: the companion Urdu-service mapping feature (separate identity).

## LRRK relevance

Watch / Campaign. A Watch desk would have recorded contested casualty claims, Malik's public denial plus technology-transfer ask, and a US official's "most precise weapons system" line.

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