Talk:Pakistan–United States skirmishes

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"Pak" is not the name of anything. This article needs to be changed to United States-Pakistan skirmishes or something of that sort. -- Veggy (talk) 16:35, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

That is not true. "Pak" is often used as a short for Pakistan or for relating to Pakistan. I've added appropriate redirects. --lTopGunl (talk) 01:42, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

concerns about the article

It seems to me that the 'Background' section does not adequately address the alleged lack of activity on the part of the Pakistani military/government/ISI/whatever in confronting Taliban militants in on the Afghan/Pakistan border region and in Waziristan. Instead however, the article seems to paint the U.S. as being overbearing in trying to strike militants in those regions with drone launched missiles. Pro Pakistan slant here? Maybe, IMO.

I also tagged a casualty count as 'citation needed', as there was no source for it ("hundreds of militants and civilians" who died from drone missile strikes). If a number is going to be put there, it really needs to be cited from a source.

As for the events over the last 24 hours, sources from Pakistan (the 'Express news' or something) and the Muslim world (Al Jazeera) seem to be the only ones included. How about some sources from western news agencies as well?

I will address more things as I see fit--L1A1 FAL (talk) 23:00, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Split

The reasons that I suggested splitting the section on Salala incident is two-fold:

• First, the section on the Salala incident has overgrown and overshadowed the overall debate in this article; and,
• Second, NATO does not only comprise of the United States forces – it's a multinational defense force.

Based on these judgement, the Salala incident holds more prominence in a separate article on Wikipedia. Thanks – Arun Reginald (talk · contribs) 11:58, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

• I was going to second this, but I see that the other article has already been created. Either way, it appears that this recent incident may well have some important long-term military-political ramifications, which will justify a separate article.--L1A1 FAL (talk) 15:59, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

A source

[1] This is a good read presenting points of view from American as well as Pakistani sides in good weight (though the title implies it is about Pakistan's point, but the text covers all)... might help in updates. --lTopGunl (talk) 06:58, 21 January 2012 (UTC)