Posted on 05/16/2009 1:56:16 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A suspected US drone aircraft fired missiles at militants in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday, killing 10 of them including two Arabs, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
Two missiles were fired into the Khaisor area of the tribal region at around 08:00 a.m., the security officials said.
One missile hit a house, while another struck a nearby vehicle.
‘Ten militants were killed. Two of them are Arabs but we don't know their nationalities,’ an intelligence official in the region told Reuters.
Khaisor is about 20 km south of Mir Ali town.
It was third such attack this month. This week, eight people were killed in a similar attack in neighbouring South Waziristan.
The United States has carried out about 40 drone air strikes since the beginning of last year, most since September, killing more than 320 people, according to a tally of reports from Pakistani security officials, district government officials and residents.
AGREEMENT?
Pakistan says the drones, operated by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), violate its sovereignty and undermine efforts to deal with militancy because they inflame public anger and bolster militant support.
Pakistan has pressed the United States to provide it with drones to allow it to conduct its own anti-militant operations.
US officials said on Thursday the United States had given Pakistan data on militants in the Afghan border area gathered by surveillance drones in Pakistani airspace under an agreement with Pakistan.
Confirming the existence of the programme, which started in mid-March, US military officials said it allowed the Pakistani military to request missions over specific areas of its Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
But on Friday, Pakistan denied any such agreement.
‘There is no agreement. If there was an agreement, then why would we be protesting against violations of our sovereignty?’ Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told reporters in Paris.
US officials say that CIA missile strikes are carried out under an agreement with Islamabad that allows Pakistan's political leaders to decry the attacks in public.
Using air force things that will kill people in north Wisconsin seems excessive and wrong to me but I have lived there and I know they can be jerks.
We can’t vote on everything.
Whether Taliban or al Qaeda these terrorists have to be wondering where the drone operators are getting their targeting information.
Mir Ali missile strike toll mounts to 17
Good hunting. Will Pelosi be briefed on these strikes?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090514/pl_nm/us_usa_pakistan_drones
looks like Levin may be playing some games.
Fwiw, Get 'em Carl! Supporting the CIA is all the rage in DC.
Nancy Pelosi however, missed that bus.
Here comes another bus Nancy, it's coming right at you.
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