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US drones kill four in North Waziristan: officials
[Geo News] At least four people have been killed while several more were maimed by a US drone strike on Sunday in North  Wazoo, security officials said.The attack took place in Datta Khel town, 35 kilometres (22 miles) west of Miranshah ... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministatein centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas... , the main town in North Waziristan region which borders Afghanistan. Six US drones flew over the area when one of them fired two missiles at a compound in the Manzarkhel area of the town. "The drones kept hovering at the compound for a while and then one drone fired two missiles at the time of sunset," a local security official said. An eyewitness said that the compound caught fire after the strike leaving all the bodies burnt. Posted by: Fred 2013-04-15 |
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