SgtJim
01-01-2011, 10:29 AM
MIRAMSHAH: Two US missile attacks in Pakistan’s North Waziristan
tribal region on Saturday reportedly killed at least 11 militants and destroyed a Taliban compound, local officials said.
The attacks took place in Mandi Khel, 25 kilometres north of Miramshah, the main town of North Waziristan.
Seven militants were killed in the first attack when US drones fired four missiles and
destroyed a car and an alleged militant compound, officials said.
“Two US drones fired four missiles. At least seven militants have been killed,”
one unnamed security official in Miramshah told AFP.
“Three militants were killed in the car while four were killed in the house,”
a security official in Peshawar told AFP.
In the second attack, a US drone fired two missiles and killed four militants, officials said.
A security official in Peshawar said militants had gathered to rescue the injured and remove the dead from
the first attack when they were hit by the drone.
The 11 men who died were thought to be attached to Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur,
unnamed security officials in Miramshah and Peshawar told AFP.
One security official in Miramshah said they were seeking more information as informants in
the area suspect there were foreigners among the dead.
“We have received such reports that four foreigners were also killed in these fresh attacks but
their identity is still not known and we are collecting more information,” the official said.
The US does not confirm drone attacks but its military and the CIA operating in Afghanistan
are the only forces that deploy the unmanned aircraft in the region.
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UPDATE:
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 1 -- At least four people were killed in the fourth U.S. drone strike
launched Saturday in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local Urdu TV channel ARY.
According to the report, the fourth strike came at the evening time when
a U.S. drone fired two missiles at a vehicle suspected of carrying militants in the
Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, a place which borders Afghanistan and is believed to be a stronghold of militants.
The latest strike is the fourth of its kind since Saturday morning
and a total of 19 people were reportedly killed in the four strikes.
tribal region on Saturday reportedly killed at least 11 militants and destroyed a Taliban compound, local officials said.
The attacks took place in Mandi Khel, 25 kilometres north of Miramshah, the main town of North Waziristan.
Seven militants were killed in the first attack when US drones fired four missiles and
destroyed a car and an alleged militant compound, officials said.
“Two US drones fired four missiles. At least seven militants have been killed,”
one unnamed security official in Miramshah told AFP.
“Three militants were killed in the car while four were killed in the house,”
a security official in Peshawar told AFP.
In the second attack, a US drone fired two missiles and killed four militants, officials said.
A security official in Peshawar said militants had gathered to rescue the injured and remove the dead from
the first attack when they were hit by the drone.
The 11 men who died were thought to be attached to Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur,
unnamed security officials in Miramshah and Peshawar told AFP.
One security official in Miramshah said they were seeking more information as informants in
the area suspect there were foreigners among the dead.
“We have received such reports that four foreigners were also killed in these fresh attacks but
their identity is still not known and we are collecting more information,” the official said.
The US does not confirm drone attacks but its military and the CIA operating in Afghanistan
are the only forces that deploy the unmanned aircraft in the region.
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UPDATE:
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 1 -- At least four people were killed in the fourth U.S. drone strike
launched Saturday in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local Urdu TV channel ARY.
According to the report, the fourth strike came at the evening time when
a U.S. drone fired two missiles at a vehicle suspected of carrying militants in the
Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, a place which borders Afghanistan and is believed to be a stronghold of militants.
The latest strike is the fourth of its kind since Saturday morning
and a total of 19 people were reportedly killed in the four strikes.