In Pakistan, the US government is facing growing accusations it oversaw a deadly missile strike that killed at least eighty people near the Afghan border. The Pakistani government says it carried out the attack but there are reports it came from a U.S. Predator drone. On Tuesday, more than 15,000 people gathered in the town of Khar in protest. Pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Faqir Mohammad addressed the crowd.

Maulana Faqir Mohammad: “People from any corner of the world who dare come here are forced to run away. The British came and hit the dust. The Russians had to beat a retreat. Now America has come; it will be disgraced. Inshallah (God willing) I am telling you that it is going to face defeat very very soon.”

The protesters say Monday’s strike killed innocent students at a religious school. The Pakistani government claims members of Al Qaida used the building as a meeting place.