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Daily Dronezap
Suspected U.S. unmanned aircraft fired on a house in Pakistan's volatile tribal region Sunday, killing at least a dozen people in an area hit by a surge of such strikes since the beginning of the year, intelligence officials said.Four missiles slammed into a building in the Shaktoi area of South Waziristan that intelligence officials said was used by Uzbek militants fighting with the Pakistani Taliban. A suspected drone strike in the same area on Thursday targeted a meeting of militant commanders in an apparently unsuccessful attempt to kill the Pakistani Taliban's chief. Sunday's drone strike was the 10th since the beginning of the year, an unprecedented volley of attacks since the CIA-led program began two years ago. The strikes have targeted both North and South Waziristan, areas dominated by Taliban and al-Qaida militants waging war against both the Pakistani government and coalition troops in nearby Afghanistan. Posted by: Glenmore 2010-01-17 |
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