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U.S. drone strike kills five in Pakistan: officials
A U.S. pilotless drone fired two missiles at a house in northwest Pakistan killing five people, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said Wednesday.Frustrated by an intensifying Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, Reuters: the very essence of impartiality U.S. forces have in the past month carried out seven missile strikes by pilotless drones and a commando raid on the Pakistani side of the border. In the latest attack, a drone fired two missiles at a house near the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan, at about midnight Tuesday (1800 GMT), two intelligence agency officials said. The area is a known sanctuary for Pakistani Taliban and foreign militants near the Afghan border. "We have reports of five dead including foreign militants," said one of the officers, who declined to be identified as he is not authorized to speak to the media. ... Same strike: Suspected US drone strike kills four in Pakistan: officials It happened shortly after Pashtun tribesmen shot at three drones circling the village of Khusali Toorikhel in North Waziristan, a known haunt of Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants. "After the drones came under fire a missile hit a house in the village. We have four dead now and another nine people were injured," a local security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Thanks for the targeting beacon, Sheiky Posted by: ed 2008-09-30 |
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