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US drone misses target in South Waziristan
[Geo News] A US drone strike in South  Wazoo near the Afghan border on Sunday missed its target local security officials said. The missile strike took place in Azam Warsak town, 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan tribal district. "US drones first fired two missiles targeting a vehicle but they failed to hit, allowing people, who were said to be over four in number, to run away," a security bigshot said. He said that two more missiles fired from a drone hit the vehicle but failed to destroy it. Another security official in the area confirmed the strike, adding that at least four of the unmanned aircraft had been flying in the area on Sunday morning. Posted by: Fred 2011-03-14 |
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