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US drone strike in Malay Khan Area
 [Dawn] According to official sources suspected US drone has fired five missiles in Maley Khan Sirai area located near Miranshah bazaar killing at least five people and wounded three.A security official in Peshawar confirmed the strike saying the missiles hit militants gathered in a compound in Miranshah. "I was in the mosque when I heard three huge explosions. The electricity was disconnected after the explosions," one resident told AFP by telephone requesting anonymity. "Two drones fired three missiles in Miranshah bazaar. Two buildings in the centre of the bazaar were hit and destroyed in the attack," he added. A US drone strike in Miranshah in February killed Mohammed Haqqani, a brother of Al-Qaeda-linked warlord Sirajuddin Haqqani, whose network is fighting against US and local forces in neighbouring Afghanistan. The covert US drone war against Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders has focused increasingly on North Waziristan, a bastion of multiple militant groups, since a December 30 suicide attack killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan. Posted by: Fred 2010-03-09 |
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