A US drone attack targeted Islamist fighters in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Wednesday, killing four militants and blowing their vehicle into a fireball, security officials said.Two
Pakistani officials said the four militants were inside the vehicle, which was destroyed, and that a nearby house in the Qutub Khel suburb was damaged.
"The drone strike killed four militants," a security official in Miranshah said on condition of anonymity.
Another security official said the vehicle had been loaded with arms and ammunition.
"It detonated in the attack and the vehicle caught fire - nobody can go near the vehicle," he said.
| At least not until the fire is put out ... |
| A burning car in the suburbs of Pakistan's tribal belt? Nobody is going near the thing until it burns itself out -- the volunteer fire fighters have to cover an awful lot of territory in those parts, I should think. |
Around 200 people have been killed in nearly 40 strikes since September 3, heightening tensions with Islamabad over reported US criticism of Pakistan's failure so far to launch a ground offensive in North Waziristan.