Thursday, October 15, 2009

US drone attacks in North Waziristan leave 9 dead, several injured


MIRANSHAH (SANA): At least nine persons were killed and several sustained grievous injuries in two US missile strikes in the embattled North Waziristan Agency (NWA) tribal region.
As per details, US drone fired four missiles on the suspected hideouts of the “terrorists” and killed nine persons while several others received critical injuries.
According to the witnesses, drone aircraft are still hovering over the different areas of the tribal region, which sent fear waves among the locals.
A US drone missile attack on a suspected militant hideout in a remote tribal area in North Waziristan early Thursday killed at least four people, security officials said.
The pre-dawn strike targeted the suspected militant compound in Dandey Darpa Khel region near the Afghan border, a security official said.
An intelligence official based in the region wishing anonymity told that two missiles were fired by the pilotless aircraft. They hit a house belonging to an Afghan refugee, he said.
Source sananews.com.pk

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