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India-Pakistan
Pakistan drone attack 'kills 18 militants'
2010-12-27
Missiles fired by a suspected US drone have struck a vehicle in north-west Pakistain killing at least 18 turbans, officials say.

The strike took place in Mir Ali village, 25km (16 miles) from Miranshah, the main town in North Wazoo district.

US dronezaps are fairly regular in North and South Wazoo which are Taliban and al-Qaeda strongholds.

More than 100 such attacks occurred in 2010, most of them in North Wazoo.

Officials told the BBC that the first drone fired two missiles at a vehicle, missing it narrowly.
Whoops!
It was joined by two more drones that fired six missiles, killing the four men who had abandoned the vehicle. All four were foreign turbans, officials say.
Good.
Several minutes later, a group of 14 cut-throats from the group led by Hakimullah Mehsud were killed when a vehicle taking them to the site of the earlier attack was hit by missiles from another drone, they said.
Very good!
There has been no independent confirmation of the incident. Militant groups often dispute official corpse counts.

Drone strikes are credited with killing some top beturbanned goons but are also blamed for civilian deaths.
It doesn't sound like there were any civilian -- or 'civilian' -- deaths this time.
Posted by:tipper

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