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Six killed in US drone strike in North Waziristan
[Dawn] At least six people were killed in a US drone strike on a myrmidon compound in a northwestern Pak tribal area on Sunday, officials said.The attack took place in Shawal, about 55 kilometres (35 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  Wazoo tribal district, along the Afghan border."US drones fired four missiles into a myrmidon compound. At least six faceless myrmidons were killed and three others were maimed," a security official told AFP. A second security official confirmed the attack and corpse count. The officials said the identities of those killed were not yet clear. US drone attacks are deeply unpopular in Pakistain, but Washington views them as a vital tool in the fight against Taliban and Al-Qaeda faceless myrmidons in the lawless tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan. The Pak government has repeatedly protested against drone strikes as a violation of its illusory sovereignty and there has been a recent decrease in their use. During a visit to Islamabad at the start of August, US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... suggested that drone strikes targeting Taliban and Al-Qaeda operatives in Pakistain could end "very soon" as the threat of militancy recedes. According to an AFP tally there were 101 attacks in 2010, killing more than 670 people, compared to just 19 so far this year killing just over 100 people. Posted by: Fred 2013-09-23 |
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