Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Officials: US drones kill 6 militants in Pakistan


Apple began more intensive since the U.S. strikes drones are suspected of firing rockets on militant targets in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing six people in an attack of its kind 15 of this month, in 2004, intelligence officials said.
U.S. officials have not publicly acknowledged the rocket fire, and to comment on much less than they are targeting. It is not clear as to why the attacks.
It aims to Pakistan’s border areas with Afghanistan – home to the al-Qaeda terrorists are planning attacks against the West, and the rebels who are fighting the Pakistani government and militants behind the attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan.
On Monday, hit by three missiles at a house and a vehicle linked militants in a village near Mir Ali, a town in North Waziristan tribal region which is under the control of militants effective, said the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to talk to the media.
He said Noor Khan, a resident of the village, said he saw drones in the sky before the strike.
The Pakistani intelligence officials said most of the attacks this month against forces led by Jalaluddin Haqqani, an
Afghan army commander, which is one of the biggest threats to foreign forces in Afghanistan.
The U.S. pressured Pakistan to launch a military attack against
the network, but Pakistan has not done so.
Many analysts believe Pakistan’s army tolerate insurgents fighting in Afghanistan because they want to have a proxy group to maintain its influence after the withdrawal of foreign troops led by the United States to withdraw.
Strikes killed the drone more than 71 people since Sept. 2, according to a tally by The Associated Press based on accounts by intelligence officials.
Pakistani officials often criticize the strike as a violation of the sovereignty of the country, but believed widely to the government to help the United States carry out attacks. No allegations of civilian casualties in attacks in the investigation.
At the same time, clashes during a search operation lasted two days on the outskirts of northwestern city of Peshawar at the weekend killed 15 insurgents and two police officers and wounding two soldiers, in a statement the army and the police chief in the city, Liaquat Ali Khan, on Monday.


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