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USA should strike little more inside pak to get better results:cool2::cool2::cool2::cool2:
Pakistan's Descent into Chaos: Terrorist & Drone Attacks
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In Islamabad?
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That's their speciality... massacare of 1-3 million poor Bangladeshis is an example.
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President's House,ISI HQ,Army HQ to be precise which houses the traitors of Pakistan.
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Drone strike in North West Pakistan kills six militants
Drone Strike In North West Pakistan Kills Six Militants: Times Of India
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Jan 12, 2012, 07.53PM IST Reuters
MIRANSHAH (PAKISTAN): A second drone strike in two days killed six militants in North Waziristan in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border on Thursday, intelligence officials said, further marking the resumption of the US campaign paused for almost two months.
The suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at two cars in the Dogga area of North Waziristan tribal region, killing six.
"The missiles hit two cars that were heading towards the border. Several foreigners were in the cars, but we have no information on their nationalities yet," an intelligence source told Reuters. The source said there might be more casualties.
The strike comes two days after a similar attack killed four militants in North Waziristan, marking the resumption of the unacknowledged U.S. drone campaign, paused after a Nov. 26 NATO cross-border attack killed 24 Pakistani troops.
Drone Strike In North West Pakistan Kills Six Militants: Times Of India
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Jan 12, 2012, 07.53PM IST Reuters
MIRANSHAH (PAKISTAN): A second drone strike in two days killed six militants in North Waziristan in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border on Thursday, intelligence officials said, further marking the resumption of the US campaign paused for almost two months.
The suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at two cars in the Dogga area of North Waziristan tribal region, killing six.
"The missiles hit two cars that were heading towards the border. Several foreigners were in the cars, but we have no information on their nationalities yet," an intelligence source told Reuters. The source said there might be more casualties.
The strike comes two days after a similar attack killed four militants in North Waziristan, marking the resumption of the unacknowledged U.S. drone campaign, paused after a Nov. 26 NATO cross-border attack killed 24 Pakistani troops.
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Drone strike in North West Pakistan kills six militants
Drone Strike In North West Pakistan Kills Six Militants: Times Of India
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Jan 12, 2012, 07.53PM IST Reuters
MIRANSHAH (PAKISTAN): A second drone strike in two days killed six militants in North Waziristan in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border on Thursday, intelligence officials said, further marking the resumption of the US campaign paused for almost two months.
The suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at two cars in the Dogga area of North Waziristan tribal region, killing six.
"The missiles hit two cars that were heading towards the border. Several foreigners were in the cars, but we have no information on their nationalities yet," an intelligence source told Reuters. The source said there might be more casualties.
The strike comes two days after a similar attack killed four militants in North Waziristan, marking the resumption of the unacknowledged U.S. drone campaign, paused after a Nov. 26 NATO cross-border attack killed 24 Pakistani troops.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE~~~~ Drone strike in Pakistan kills five militants | Reuters
Drone Strike In North West Pakistan Kills Six Militants: Times Of India
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Jan 12, 2012, 07.53PM IST Reuters
MIRANSHAH (PAKISTAN): A second drone strike in two days killed six militants in North Waziristan in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border on Thursday, intelligence officials said, further marking the resumption of the US campaign paused for almost two months.
The suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at two cars in the Dogga area of North Waziristan tribal region, killing six.
"The missiles hit two cars that were heading towards the border. Several foreigners were in the cars, but we have no information on their nationalities yet," an intelligence source told Reuters. The source said there might be more casualties.
The strike comes two days after a similar attack killed four militants in North Waziristan, marking the resumption of the unacknowledged U.S. drone campaign, paused after a Nov. 26 NATO cross-border attack killed 24 Pakistani troops.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE~~~~ Drone strike in Pakistan kills five militants | Reuters
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After Christmas vacations, Pakistan has finally gotten back into business. 
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U.S. Drone War Returns To Pakistan (And It Ain't Stopping
For the first time since a deadly U.S.-Pakistani firefight drove relations between the two uneasy allies into the toilet, a missile fired by a drone slammed into a North Waziristan target. Surprise! Washington-Islamabad acrimony isn't enough to stop the drone war.
Four people were killed near Mirin Shah in the first drone strike since Nov. 16. In the interim, 24 Pakistani soldiers died in a U.S. helicopter strike during a raid by U.S. commandos on a village near the Pakistan border; a military inquiry determined the Pakistanis had fired persistently on the commandos. The drone war has effectively been on pause to let U.S. diplomacy with Islamabad regroup.
The pause is evidently over. And that suggests little will actually stop the drone war.
2011 was the worst year for the U.S.-Pakistan relationship since 9/11. Not only did the bin Laden raid infuriate Pakistanis, but so did a CIA contractor who killed two in Lahore who apparently tried to rob him. Pakistan usually issues empty threats to vent popular outrage, but after the helicopter incident, it shut down logistics routes for the Afghanistan war and actually kicked the CIA out of a drone base on its soil.
And all that did was make the drone war take a knee. The drones now fly from Afghan bases; Pakistan notably did not deny the U.S. overflight rights after the helicopter incident. That's still an option for the Pakistanis, theoretically. But absent some really big disaster — a botched U.S. raid inside Pakistan, maybe? — it's hard to see what else the U.S. could do to prompt the Pakistanis to take more drastic steps.
Remember that the next time you read hype about the drone war "stopping." The drone strikes are not a supplement to a war; they're the centerpiece of how the Obama administration confronts terrorists. The White House's plan for counterterrorism makes that clear, as does the Pentagon's new strategy blueprint. Anonymous administration officials, evidently itching to get back to the strikes, floated the (evidence-free) proposition in the New York Times that terrorists were regrouping during the six-week pause.
Perhaps elements of the Pakistani security establishment are back on board with the drones, perhaps they aren't. But the resumption of the drone strikes strongly indicates that if the Pakistanis have a problem with the strikes, the U.S. will route around that problem. Any pauses you see in the drone program are likely to be tactical — and brief.
U.S. Drone War Returns to Pakistan (And It Ain't Stopping) | Danger Room | Wired.com
U.S. Drone War Returns To Pakistan (And It Ain't Stopping
For the first time since a deadly U.S.-Pakistani firefight drove relations between the two uneasy allies into the toilet, a missile fired by a drone slammed into a North Waziristan target. Surprise! Washington-Islamabad acrimony isn't enough to stop the drone war.
Four people were killed near Mirin Shah in the first drone strike since Nov. 16. In the interim, 24 Pakistani soldiers died in a U.S. helicopter strike during a raid by U.S. commandos on a village near the Pakistan border; a military inquiry determined the Pakistanis had fired persistently on the commandos. The drone war has effectively been on pause to let U.S. diplomacy with Islamabad regroup.
The pause is evidently over. And that suggests little will actually stop the drone war.
2011 was the worst year for the U.S.-Pakistan relationship since 9/11. Not only did the bin Laden raid infuriate Pakistanis, but so did a CIA contractor who killed two in Lahore who apparently tried to rob him. Pakistan usually issues empty threats to vent popular outrage, but after the helicopter incident, it shut down logistics routes for the Afghanistan war and actually kicked the CIA out of a drone base on its soil.
And all that did was make the drone war take a knee. The drones now fly from Afghan bases; Pakistan notably did not deny the U.S. overflight rights after the helicopter incident. That's still an option for the Pakistanis, theoretically. But absent some really big disaster — a botched U.S. raid inside Pakistan, maybe? — it's hard to see what else the U.S. could do to prompt the Pakistanis to take more drastic steps.
Remember that the next time you read hype about the drone war "stopping." The drone strikes are not a supplement to a war; they're the centerpiece of how the Obama administration confronts terrorists. The White House's plan for counterterrorism makes that clear, as does the Pentagon's new strategy blueprint. Anonymous administration officials, evidently itching to get back to the strikes, floated the (evidence-free) proposition in the New York Times that terrorists were regrouping during the six-week pause.
Perhaps elements of the Pakistani security establishment are back on board with the drones, perhaps they aren't. But the resumption of the drone strikes strongly indicates that if the Pakistanis have a problem with the strikes, the U.S. will route around that problem. Any pauses you see in the drone program are likely to be tactical — and brief.
U.S. Drone War Returns to Pakistan (And It Ain't Stopping) | Danger Room | Wired.com
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Pakistan quells militant attack, eight killed
Pakistan quells militant attack, eight killed: Official - Hindustan Times
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By S.H.Khan (AFP) – 9 hours ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani security forces Saturday quelled a militant attack on a police station in which eight people were killed including four suicide bombers, one police and three civilians, police said.
The attackers targeted the main police station in Dera Ismail Khan city near the lawless tribal region, provincial information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told AFP.
Three suicide bombers detonated themselves and one was shot dead by the army, police chief of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Akbar Hoti told AFP.
"Army and police units have entered the police station and a search operation is over," he said after an operation lasting over two hours.
"We have recovered bodies of four militants, they were all wearing suicide vests," he said.
One police official and three civilians were also killed in the operation, he said adding that eight others including a policeman were wounded.
"We are checking the identity of the civilian casualties to ascertain if they included any militants," he said.
Interior minister Rehman Malik blamed Taliban militants for the attack. "Terrorists attacked security forces," he told reporters.
Police spokesman Mohammad Hanif said earlier police shot dead two militants and at least one other blew himself up.
He said he believed about half a dozen militants stormed the station located in a sensitive area housing government offices, district courts and lawyers chambers.
They hurled hand grenades and opened fire on the office of the district police chief, he said. The police chief was unhurt, he added.
Authorities summoned troops and commandos ringed the area, police said.
A heavy exchange of gunfire erupted between militants and law enforcement agencies.
The gunfire has died down and security forces have launched a search operation inside the building, he said.
Police intercepted the militants before they could enter the main offices, Hoti said.
They exploded grenades and lobbed rockets soon after the attack, the provincial police chief said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. A police official Imtiaz Shah said some of the attackers were disguised as police officials.
Pakistan's remote and lawless northwestern region is a stronghold of Taliban and Al-Qaeda operatives and other Islamist militants opposed to the government.
Insurgents largely based in the tribal border lands have carried out bomb and gun attacks killing nearly 4,800 people across Pakistan since July 2007.
Pakistan has battled a homegrown insurgency for years, with more than 3,000 soldiers killed in the battle against militancy.
There were about 120 bomb attacks in Pakistan in 2011, up on the 96 bomb blasts in 2010, according to an AFP tally.
The latest attack underscores the potent rebel threat and a new wave of terrorism in the country.
It follows a remote-controlled bomb blast last Tuesday that killed 35 people and wounded more than 60 others in the deadliest attack in months in Jamrud town in the Taliban-hit tribal region of northwest Pakistan.
The explosion took place in a market in Jamrud, one of the towns of the troubled Khyber tribal region, which also used to serve as the main supply route for NATO forces operating in Afghanistan.
The border crossing for NATO supplies to foreign troops fighting in neighbouring Afghanistan remains closed, after NATO air strikes on November 26 killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
Pakistan rejected the results of the military coalition's investigation into the incident and said the strikes had been a deliberate act of aggression, leaving relations floundering between the US and pakistan.
Pakistan quells militant attack, eight killed: Official - Hindustan Times
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By S.H.Khan (AFP) – 9 hours ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani security forces Saturday quelled a militant attack on a police station in which eight people were killed including four suicide bombers, one police and three civilians, police said.
The attackers targeted the main police station in Dera Ismail Khan city near the lawless tribal region, provincial information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told AFP.
Three suicide bombers detonated themselves and one was shot dead by the army, police chief of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Akbar Hoti told AFP.
"Army and police units have entered the police station and a search operation is over," he said after an operation lasting over two hours.
"We have recovered bodies of four militants, they were all wearing suicide vests," he said.
One police official and three civilians were also killed in the operation, he said adding that eight others including a policeman were wounded.
"We are checking the identity of the civilian casualties to ascertain if they included any militants," he said.
Interior minister Rehman Malik blamed Taliban militants for the attack. "Terrorists attacked security forces," he told reporters.
Police spokesman Mohammad Hanif said earlier police shot dead two militants and at least one other blew himself up.
He said he believed about half a dozen militants stormed the station located in a sensitive area housing government offices, district courts and lawyers chambers.
They hurled hand grenades and opened fire on the office of the district police chief, he said. The police chief was unhurt, he added.
Authorities summoned troops and commandos ringed the area, police said.
A heavy exchange of gunfire erupted between militants and law enforcement agencies.
The gunfire has died down and security forces have launched a search operation inside the building, he said.
Police intercepted the militants before they could enter the main offices, Hoti said.
They exploded grenades and lobbed rockets soon after the attack, the provincial police chief said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. A police official Imtiaz Shah said some of the attackers were disguised as police officials.
Pakistan's remote and lawless northwestern region is a stronghold of Taliban and Al-Qaeda operatives and other Islamist militants opposed to the government.
Insurgents largely based in the tribal border lands have carried out bomb and gun attacks killing nearly 4,800 people across Pakistan since July 2007.
Pakistan has battled a homegrown insurgency for years, with more than 3,000 soldiers killed in the battle against militancy.
There were about 120 bomb attacks in Pakistan in 2011, up on the 96 bomb blasts in 2010, according to an AFP tally.
The latest attack underscores the potent rebel threat and a new wave of terrorism in the country.
It follows a remote-controlled bomb blast last Tuesday that killed 35 people and wounded more than 60 others in the deadliest attack in months in Jamrud town in the Taliban-hit tribal region of northwest Pakistan.
The explosion took place in a market in Jamrud, one of the towns of the troubled Khyber tribal region, which also used to serve as the main supply route for NATO forces operating in Afghanistan.
The border crossing for NATO supplies to foreign troops fighting in neighbouring Afghanistan remains closed, after NATO air strikes on November 26 killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
Pakistan rejected the results of the military coalition's investigation into the incident and said the strikes had been a deliberate act of aggression, leaving relations floundering between the US and pakistan.
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Can we get all the irrelevant posts out of this thread? This is supposed to be a Compendium/Collection of Terrorist and Drone Attacks in Pakistan for future academic use. I specifically asked for op-eds, political developments and articles to be kept out of this thread.
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Drone strike kills top al-Qaeda operative in Pakistan, US says
WASHINGTON — A Central Intelligence Agency drone strike in Pakistan's tribal area on Jan. 10 killed an operative of Al Qaeda who was believed to be planning attacks against the West, an American official confirmed on Thursday.
The operative, Aslam Awan, a Pakistani citizen, was the "external operations planner" for the terrorist network, the official said. He was hit by a missile fired from a remotely controlled aircraft near the town of Miram Shah, in northwestern Pakistan, a center of militant activity.
Mr. Awan appeared to have spent several years in Britain. A man by that name, who would now be in his late 20s, moved from Pakistan to Manchester in 2002 on a student visa, according to British news reports from 2009. He worked in a clothing store and joined a group of young militants in the British city, but returned to Pakistan.
Later, Mr. Awan sent a letter to a friend in Britain that the authorities there described as a "call to arms." The letter encouraged the friend to join the fight against American troops in Afghanistan.
The American official, who would speak of the classified drone program only on the condition of anonymity, called Mr. Awan "a senior Al Qaeda external operations planner who was working on attacks against the West." He added that "his death reduces Al Qaeda's thinning bench of another operative devoted to plotting the death of innocent civilians."
Mr. Awan's death was first reported Thursday by Reuters.
The Jan. 10 drone missile strike was the first in nearly two months, after a hiatus intended by American officials to keep from exacerbating tensions with Pakistani security officials.
Relations between the two countries, never easy in recent years, have been especially strained since American troops entered Pakistani territory in May and killed Osama bin Laden without alerting Pakistani officials. An American airstrike in November killed two dozen Pakistani troops on the border with Afghanistan in a mix-up that inflamed Pakistani anger at the United States.
American officials have discounted recent reports that a drone strike also killed a more prominent militant, Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban.
While several militant groups remain active in Pakistan's mountainous tribal area, launching attacks against Pakistani troops and supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda's core has been devastated by the drone campaign.
The C.I.A. first accelerated its drone strikes in mid-2008, under President George W. Bush, and has stepped them up further under President Obama.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/w...da-operative-killed-in-drone-strike.html?_r=1
Drone strike kills top al-Qaeda operative in Pakistan, US says
WASHINGTON — A Central Intelligence Agency drone strike in Pakistan's tribal area on Jan. 10 killed an operative of Al Qaeda who was believed to be planning attacks against the West, an American official confirmed on Thursday.
The operative, Aslam Awan, a Pakistani citizen, was the "external operations planner" for the terrorist network, the official said. He was hit by a missile fired from a remotely controlled aircraft near the town of Miram Shah, in northwestern Pakistan, a center of militant activity.
Mr. Awan appeared to have spent several years in Britain. A man by that name, who would now be in his late 20s, moved from Pakistan to Manchester in 2002 on a student visa, according to British news reports from 2009. He worked in a clothing store and joined a group of young militants in the British city, but returned to Pakistan.
Later, Mr. Awan sent a letter to a friend in Britain that the authorities there described as a "call to arms." The letter encouraged the friend to join the fight against American troops in Afghanistan.
The American official, who would speak of the classified drone program only on the condition of anonymity, called Mr. Awan "a senior Al Qaeda external operations planner who was working on attacks against the West." He added that "his death reduces Al Qaeda's thinning bench of another operative devoted to plotting the death of innocent civilians."
Mr. Awan's death was first reported Thursday by Reuters.
The Jan. 10 drone missile strike was the first in nearly two months, after a hiatus intended by American officials to keep from exacerbating tensions with Pakistani security officials.
Relations between the two countries, never easy in recent years, have been especially strained since American troops entered Pakistani territory in May and killed Osama bin Laden without alerting Pakistani officials. An American airstrike in November killed two dozen Pakistani troops on the border with Afghanistan in a mix-up that inflamed Pakistani anger at the United States.
American officials have discounted recent reports that a drone strike also killed a more prominent militant, Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban.
While several militant groups remain active in Pakistan's mountainous tribal area, launching attacks against Pakistani troops and supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda's core has been devastated by the drone campaign.
The C.I.A. first accelerated its drone strikes in mid-2008, under President George W. Bush, and has stepped them up further under President Obama.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/w...da-operative-killed-in-drone-strike.html?_r=1
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US drone strike in Pakistan 'kills five militants'
US drone strike in Pakistan 'kills five militants'
A drone attack in a volatile tribal region of north-west Pakistan has killed at least five suspected militants, officials say.[/b]
The attack took place at Degan village in the North Waziristan tribal area, close to the Afghan border.
Analysts say that the US briefly halted drone strikes in the region in November after a Nato attack accidentally killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
Attacks by the unmanned aircraft appear to have resumed in early January.
The militants, who are believed to be from Turkmenistan, were killed when missiles hit their vehicle, local administration officials told the BBC.
Witnesses say the vehicle was going from Degan to Datta Khel in North Waziristan and said that it was engulfed by fire after the missile strike. A nearby house was also damaged.
Drone attacks have focused on North and South Waziristan, where US officials believe many al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters find shelter.
The US says the region is home to several militant groups involved in attacks on Nato forces in Afghanistan.
Drone attacks frequently target Pakistan's restive tribal areas, where many insurgents have taken refuge.
The frequency of the attacks has increased since President Barack Obama took office in 2008. More than 100 raids were reported in the area in 2010, and more than 60 took place last year.
The US does not routinely confirm drone operations, but analysts say only American forces have the capacity to deploy such aircraft in the region.
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BBC News - US drone strike in Pakistan 'kills five militants'
US drone strike in Pakistan 'kills five militants'
A drone attack in a volatile tribal region of north-west Pakistan has killed at least five suspected militants, officials say.[/b]
The attack took place at Degan village in the North Waziristan tribal area, close to the Afghan border.
Analysts say that the US briefly halted drone strikes in the region in November after a Nato attack accidentally killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
Attacks by the unmanned aircraft appear to have resumed in early January.
The militants, who are believed to be from Turkmenistan, were killed when missiles hit their vehicle, local administration officials told the BBC.
Witnesses say the vehicle was going from Degan to Datta Khel in North Waziristan and said that it was engulfed by fire after the missile strike. A nearby house was also damaged.
Drone attacks have focused on North and South Waziristan, where US officials believe many al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters find shelter.
The US says the region is home to several militant groups involved in attacks on Nato forces in Afghanistan.
Drone attacks frequently target Pakistan's restive tribal areas, where many insurgents have taken refuge.
The frequency of the attacks has increased since President Barack Obama took office in 2008. More than 100 raids were reported in the area in 2010, and more than 60 took place last year.
The US does not routinely confirm drone operations, but analysts say only American forces have the capacity to deploy such aircraft in the region.
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BBC News - US drone strike in Pakistan 'kills five militants'
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13 die in drone attack in Pakistan
13 die in drone attack in Pakistan
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13 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 people were killed when a U.S. drone launched three missile strikes in Orakzai region of Pakistan's northwest tribal belt on Wednesday, local media reported.
According to the report by local TV channel Geo, the attack was launched in wee hours in the morning when a U.S. drone fired three missiles at a militants'hideout in Darand Shekhan area of upper Orakzai agency, a militancy-hit tribal area where Pakistan army has been battling local and foreign Taliban militants for the past four months.
The report said that six foreigners were also among the killed militants and the dead bodies have been shifted to other areas of Orakzai after the drone attack.
In another attack which also happened on early Wednesday, Pakistan army killed 13 militants and destroyed five hideouts in the same area. Some media reports have said that this operation was carried out by a combination of Pakistani jets and U.S. drones.
Earlier on Tuesday, 10 soldiers were killed and 32 others injured in a check post attack by militants in neighboring Kurram Agency. Wednesday's operation against the militants might be retaliation by security forces.
Wednesday morning's drone strike came just one day after Foreign Office Spokesperson Abdul Basit stated that drone attacks are unacceptable to Pakistani government because they are unlawful and counterproductive.
This is the fourth strike of its kind in northwestern tribal area of Pakistan and the first of its kind in Orakzai agency since the beginning of 2012. To date, 27 people have been killed and several others injured in 11 missile strikes launched by U.S. drones.
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13 die in drone attack in Pakistan
IANSBy Indo Asian News Service
Islamabad, Feb 1 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed Wednesday in a US drone attack in Pakistan's northwest, a media report said.
The drone carried out three strikes in Orakzai region in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Xinhua reported citing a TV report.
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13 die in drone attack in Pakistan
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13 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan
English.news.cn 2012-02-01 13:27:30 [RSS] [Feedback] [Print] [Copy URL] [More]
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 people were killed when a U.S. drone launched three missile strikes in Orakzai region of Pakistan's northwest tribal belt on Wednesday, local media reported.
According to the report by local TV channel Geo, the attack was launched in wee hours in the morning when a U.S. drone fired three missiles at a militants'hideout in Darand Shekhan area of upper Orakzai agency, a militancy-hit tribal area where Pakistan army has been battling local and foreign Taliban militants for the past four months.
The report said that six foreigners were also among the killed militants and the dead bodies have been shifted to other areas of Orakzai after the drone attack.
In another attack which also happened on early Wednesday, Pakistan army killed 13 militants and destroyed five hideouts in the same area. Some media reports have said that this operation was carried out by a combination of Pakistani jets and U.S. drones.
Earlier on Tuesday, 10 soldiers were killed and 32 others injured in a check post attack by militants in neighboring Kurram Agency. Wednesday's operation against the militants might be retaliation by security forces.
Wednesday morning's drone strike came just one day after Foreign Office Spokesperson Abdul Basit stated that drone attacks are unacceptable to Pakistani government because they are unlawful and counterproductive.
This is the fourth strike of its kind in northwestern tribal area of Pakistan and the first of its kind in Orakzai agency since the beginning of 2012. To date, 27 people have been killed and several others injured in 11 missile strikes launched by U.S. drones.
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13 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan - Xinhua | English.news.cn
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13 die in drone attack in Pakistan
IANSBy Indo Asian News Service
Islamabad, Feb 1 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed Wednesday in a US drone attack in Pakistan's northwest, a media report said.
The drone carried out three strikes in Orakzai region in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Xinhua reported citing a TV report.
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Pakistan has a cancer only that this cancer harms everyone around it. When will these drones bomb the Pak Army chief and then apologies?
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U.S. drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan: officials
(Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft killed 10 suspected militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region near the Afghanistan border on Wednesday, security officials and residents said, the fifth such strike this year.
The unacknowledged Central Intelligence Agency drone program, a key element in U.S. counter-terrorism efforts, was apparently halted after a November NATO air attack from across the Afghan border killed 24 Pakistani soldiers enraged Pakistan.
The United States resumed attacks with the missile-firing drones in northwest Pakistan on January 10.
In Wednesday's attack, a drone fired two missiles at a house suspected of being a militant hideout in the village of Thapi, 15 km (10 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan.
The building was completely destroyed and 10 suspected militants were killed, Pakistani security officials said.
"Almost all the men were burnt beyond recognition," a villager said after visiting the destroyed house.
U.S. drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan: officials | Reuters
(Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft killed 10 suspected militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region near the Afghanistan border on Wednesday, security officials and residents said, the fifth such strike this year.
The unacknowledged Central Intelligence Agency drone program, a key element in U.S. counter-terrorism efforts, was apparently halted after a November NATO air attack from across the Afghan border killed 24 Pakistani soldiers enraged Pakistan.
The United States resumed attacks with the missile-firing drones in northwest Pakistan on January 10.
In Wednesday's attack, a drone fired two missiles at a house suspected of being a militant hideout in the village of Thapi, 15 km (10 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan.
The building was completely destroyed and 10 suspected militants were killed, Pakistani security officials said.
"Almost all the men were burnt beyond recognition," a villager said after visiting the destroyed house.
U.S. drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan: officials | Reuters
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Last i rememberr kayani mamu has given order to mighty pakistan army to shoot down dronas,,, ki hoya garet kithe gayi???
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