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No confirmation on Dattakhel drone strike
[DAWN] The Pakistain Foreign Office on Thursday did not confirm a drone attack in North  Wazoo tribal region which reportedly killed six suspected murderous Moslems earlier today.Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam said there is no confirmation on the fresh drone attack. " Pakistain's position on US drone attacks is very clear. Pakistain strongly opposes such attacks particularly at a time when the military operation is underway in North Waziristan," Aslam said reiterating the FO's position on drones. The drone attack reportedly took place in North Waziristan's Dattakhel area ... which is owned and operated by Hafiz Gul Behadur... where the unmanned aircraft fired missiles at a house and a vehicle. Intelligence sources said two missiles were fired from a US drone targeting a compound and vehicle in Madakhel village of Dattakhel tehsil. Sources added that six suspected murderous Moslems were killed whereas the compound and the vehicle were destroyed in the strike. The identities of those killed in the strikes have not yet been ascertained. Earlier on June 12, separate US aerial drones had fired missiles at Lion of Islam hideouts. The two successive US drone strikes had killed at least 16 suspected murderous Moslems in North Waziristan. Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck reached for the green sauce... six suspected murderous Moslems were killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan's 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... tehsil on June 18 soon after the commencement of the Zarb-e-Azb military operation against foreign and local murderous Moslems in the lawless tribal region. Posted by: Fred 2014-07-11 |
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