Pakistani official sees lull in US drone strikes

The chief of Pakistans defense committee says Washington put on hold US drone strikes after the deadly November raid along the Afghan border so as not to worsen the already strained ties with Islamabad.Javed Ashraf Qazi said Tuesday he believes the lull in the strikes would at this point only be broken if there was a confirmed report of a high profile target.There hasnt been a missile strike against militants since the Nov. 26 NATO raid at the Pakistani army border outpost that killed 24 soldiers. Thats according to The Long War Journal, a website that tracks the strikes.It says the 33-day break is the longest ever since the CIAs covert operations began in 2004 against al-Qaida and Taliban militants in Pakistans tribal regions along the Afghan border.