Activists in Pakistan said they were deeply disappointed that the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner had escalated the use of CIA drones against Taliban and al-Qaeda militants.
Zeeshan-ul-Hassan Usmani, who monitors reported attacks for the Pakistan Body Count website, said: "If you thought Barack Obama was going to be a different sort of president, well he's doing what George Bush was doing -- and worse -- and it is we Pakistanis who are paying the price."
| The question, and death is not an option: is Usmani a misguided do-gooder under the control of Media Matters, or is he a callous tool of al-Qaeda? Discuss. |
Four drone attacks at the weekend take the total to 101 since Obama took office 18 months ago — compared with 45 in the preceding five years, according to statistics compiled by the New America Foundation.
Up to 1,100 people have been killed in that period. |