US Drone Strikes in North Waziristan
MIRANSHAH: Multiple missile strikes carried out by US pilot less drone aircraft killed at least 30 people in Dattakhel area in North Waziristan tribal region.
Several more people were injured in the air attacks that took place in at least four villages of North Waziristan district. At least eight drones took part in the attack, and they have fired some 18 missiles at three training camps of Taliban, their two vehicles and some bunkers,” said a local intelligence official that spoke on condition of anonymity.
The tribesmen fired at the US aircraft from some of these bunkers. The militants shot down one drone on January 24. According to the reports received from various areas, at least 30 people have been killed while around a dozen more are injured,” said the official about Tuesday’s attack, adding that the death toll might rise. The US has intensified its campaign to target militant hideouts with drone strikes in Pakistan’s rugged tribal region since an Al-Qaeda double agent killed five CIA officials and two private security contractors in a suicide bombing in the Afghan province of Khost on December 30.
Source: ARY News (reported 03rd Feb, 2010)
