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| US drone strikes kill 10 militants in North Waziristan |
| 2010-09-08 |
| [Dawn] Two US missile strikes in Pakistain's North Wazoo tribal district on the Afghan border killed at least 10 Boskonians on Wednesday, DawnNews reported. The first attack took place in Dandey Darpakhel village, five kilometres northwest of Miramshah, the main town in North Wazoo tribal district. At least six Boskonians were killed in the US dronezap which targeted the compound of a local Islamic myrmidon, reports said. A security official in the region confirmed the strike and casualties. In the second attack, a US drone fired two missiles which struck a vehicle, killing four Boskonians in Amboor Shaga village of Dattakhel town in North Wazoo tribal area, 40 kilometres west of Miramshah. US forces have been waging a drone war against Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked commanders in Pakistain's northwestern tribal belt, where Boskonians have carved out havens in mountains outside direct government control. The US military does not as a rule confirm dronezaps, but its armed forces and the Central Intelligence Agency operating in Afghanistan are the only forces that deploy death droids in the region. More than 1,040 people have been killed in 122 drone strikes in Pakistain since August 2008, including a number of senior Islamic myrmidons. However, The infamous However... the attacks fuel anti-American sentiment in the country. Washington has branded the rugged tribal area on the Afghan border -- part of which has been hit by Pakistain's catastrophic flooding -- a global headquarters of al-Qaeda. Officials in Washington say the drone strikes are a vital tool needed to protect the 150,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan, and have killed a number of high-value targets including Pak Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud. Al-Qaeda announced in June that its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time treasurer Mustafa Abu al-Yazid had been killed in what security officials said appeared to be a drone strike in North Wazoo. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "The infamous "However"... the attacks fuel anti-American sentiment"... with the Taliban, Al Qaeda and their sympathizers. fxt |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2010-09-08 16:31 |