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7 killed in US drone strike near Wana
 Suspected US drones fired missiles on Sunday into an alleged Taliban compound in South Waziristan, killing at least seven people, security officials said.The strike targeted a compound about 20 kilometres northeast of Wana, the agency headquarters, the officials said. "Initial reports say at least seven people were killed in the missile strike, which destroyed the premises," one senior security official told AFP. There was no immediate confirmation of the strike from the military or from the US-led coalition in Afghanistan. The attack is the 12th such incident in the past 10 weeks, all of which have been blamed on US-led coalition forces or CIA drones based in Afghanistan. On Wednesday, at least eight people were killed when suspected US spy drones fired missiles into a madrassa in North Waziristan set up by veteran Taliban leader Jalaluddin Haqqani, a major target for US forces. The attack occured hours after the parliament passed a unanimous resolution that called for defending Pakistan's territorial sovereignty. Posted by: Fred 2008-10-27 |
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