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| US drone strike kills six in Pakistan |
| 2010-10-02 |
| A US dronezap has killed six beturbanned goons in Pakistain's lawless tribal belt along the Afghan border, local security officials said. Four missiles hit a house used by beturbanned goons in Dashgah village near Datta Khel town, some 45km west of Miranshah, the main town in North Wazoo tribal district, in the attack. "Two US drones fired four missiles and destroyed the house. Six beturbanned goons were killed in this attack," a Pak security official based in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar said on condition of anonymity. Two intelligence officials in Miranshah also confirmed the attack and the corpse count. "All of them were beturbanned goons attached to the Haqqani group," one intelligence official said. The second intelligence official said that initial reports suggested the dead were Uzbek beturbanned goons from Afghanistan. Pak officials have reported that at least 21 US dronezaps have killed around 120 people in September, the highest monthly tally of attacks. The overwhelming majority of the attacks have been carried out in North Wazoo, considered a bastion of al-Qaeda-linked and Taliban capos opposed to the US-led war in Afghanistan. Most of the strikes have targeted the Haqqani network, one of the strongest US foes in Afghanistan whose leadership is based in North Wazoo. Washington has classified Pakistain's tribal belt on the Afghan border as a global headquarters of al-Qaeda and the most dangerous place on Earth. A covert US drone war in Pakistain has killed around 1140 people in about 140 strikes since August 2008, including a number of senior bad boys, but the attacks fuel anti-American sentiment in the conservative Mohammedan country. Under US pressure to crack down on Islamist havens, Pakistain has stepped up military operations against largely homegrown beturbanned goons in the area. But commanders have so far avoided a major offensive in North Wazoo, arguing that gains elsewhere need to be consolidated to prevent their troops from being stretched too thin. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 or gaza |
| Posted by: chris 2010-10-02 09:49 |
| #1 We could do with some drones over Birmingham. |
| Posted by: W 2010-10-02 09:26 |