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| Four More Drone-zapped in Miranshah |
| 2012-05-23 |
| US missiles killed four militants in a Taliban stronghold of Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, amid increasing strains with the West over a six-month blockade on NATO supplies into Afghanistan. A drone targeted a compound near Miranshah, the main town of the tribal district where Pakistan has resisted US pressure to launch a sweeping offensive against militants fighting US troops in neighbouring Afghanistan. "The drone fired two missiles on a house in the Tabai area near Miranshah," one of the security officials told AFP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media, adding that four militants were killed. The area is a stronghold of the Haqqani network -- Afghan insurgents blamed for a series of spectacular attacks on Western targets in Kabul -- and Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud. A local administration official and another intelligence official confirmed Wednesday's drone strike and casualties. Residents said the bodies had been charred badly and militants had cordoned off the area and were sifting through the rubble. They were charred so badly it will take time to conclude they were innocent women and children. According to an AFP tally, 45 US missile strikes were reported in Pakistan's tribal belt in 2009, the year Obama took office, 101 in 2010 and 64 in 2011. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #1 I'd like to see 1000 in 2012 |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-05-23 13:47 |