NY voters support right to build Muslim center-poll
September 24, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
NEW YORK: A majority of New Yorkers say a Muslim group has a right to build an Islamic center and mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in Manhattan but think it should be built elsewhere, according to a poll released on Friday.
Most respondents think plans to build the center near the site known as Ground Zero are not appropriate, said the survey conducted among likely New York state voters by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
Overall, the poll found 80 percent of respondents believe the Muslim group has the right to build the center near the site, while 15 percent do not think so. But 57 percent think the location is inappropriate, while 32 percent say it is appropriate.
Sixty-seven percent think the Muslim group should voluntarily build the center and mosque somewhere else, while 21 percent do not think so, it found.
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John McCain Backs Drone Strikes in Pakistan
January 7, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under Breaking News
John McCain Backs Drone Strikes in Pakistan, US Senator John McCain defended Thursday the use of drone attacks against suspected militants in Pakistan, despite the mounting civilian casualties of the raids.
“The drone strikes are part of an overall set of tactics which make up the strategy for victory and they have been very effective,” he said during his visit to Kabul. He did not mention the collateral damage inflicted upon the civilian population.
“I think it should continue, I think it’s an important tool in our overall strategy and we can claim measurable success in carrying out those operations,” said McCain.
The drone attacks, carried out by the US Central Intelligence Agency in cooperation with the Pentagon, reportedly killed over 700 civilians in Pakistan last year.
Drones had “knocked Al-Qaeda and other extremist groups off balance and they have been successful, and we are working more closely with the Afghan government as well as the Pakistan government to make those operations more efficient and less damaging to the civilian population,” McCain said.
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