The CIA has stopped firing missiles at snuffies in Pakistain since last month's deadly NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
The 33-day pause is the longest since the programme began in 2004, according to The Long War Journal, a website that tracks the strikes.
Tensions between Pakistain and the United States are at their lowest ebb in years following the November 26
Javed Ashraf Qazi, the defence committee chief, said he believed the pause in attacks was because the US "does not want to aggravate the situation any further."
Still, Qazi, a former army general who gets high-level briefings because of his position on the committee, said he believed that if the United States had a "high-level" target in its sights then, "I think they would go ahead" and launch a strike. "If they do so, the results could get worse," he said.