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US drone strike kills 10 in NW Pakistan
[Al Ahram] The second US drone attack in as many days killed 10 people in northwest Pakistain on Sunday, intelligence officials said, an incident likely to raise tensions in the standoff between Washington and Islamabad over NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... supply routes to Afghanistan. The remotely-piloted aircraft fired four missiles at a suspected Islamist jihad boy hideout in the Birmal area of the South  Wazoo tribal region near the Afghanistan border, officials said.A drone strike in the same area killed two suspected forces of Evil on Saturday. The United States and Pakistain are locked in difficult negotiations to re-open overland supply routes to NATO forces in Afghanistan, with no signs of a breakthrough. Islamabad blocked the routes last November to protest the death of 24 Pak soldiers by cross-border friendly fire from NATO aircraft. The supply lines through Pakistain are considered vital to the planned withdrawal of most foreign combat troops from Afghanistan before the end of 2014. The CIA drone campaign fuels anti-US sentiment in Pakistain and is counterproductive because of collateral damage, Pak officials say. But US officials say such strikes are highly effective against jihad boys. Posted by: Fred 2012-06-04 |
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