Information About Incident 65236-132113-334864 in Umerkot Pakistan

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The al Qaeda commanders are keen to achieve a technological breakthrough (that) could curb the US drone campaign, which has killed an estimated 3,000 people over the past decade, The Washington Post reported.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: US
• Matched District: Umerkot
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: the US drone campaign which
• Subject: an estimated 3,000 people

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Al Qaeda s leaders have set up cells of engineers to try to shoot down, disable or hijack US drones, The Washington Post reported on September 3 citing top-secret US intelligence documents. The al Qaeda leadership is hoping to exploit the technological vulnerabilities of a weapons system that has inflicted huge losses against the terrorist network, The Washington Post said online. Although there is no evidence that al Qaeda has forced a drone crash or successfully interfered with flight operations, US intelligence officials have closely tracked the group s persistent efforts to develop a counter-drone strategy since 2010, the report said, citing the secret documents. The al Qaeda commanders are keen to achieve a technological breakthrough (that) could curb the US drone campaign, which has killed an estimated 3,000 people over the past decade, The Washington Post reported. Drone strikes have forced al Qaeda operatives to limit their movements in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and other places.

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