US airstrikes in Pakistan hit all-time high in intensity
Winston-Salem Journal
09/15/10
Drone aircraft made two missile attacks in a lawless tribal region on the Afghan border yesterday, making September the most intense period of U.S. strikes in Pakistan since they began in 2004, intelligence officials said. The stepped-up campaign is focused on a small area of farming villages and mountainous, thickly forested terrain controlled by the Haqqani network, a ruthless American foe in Afghanistan, U.S. officials say...
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17 more killed as US steps up drone strikes
Daily Times [Pakistan]
09/16/10
Two separate US missile strikes targeting al Qaeda-linked fighters in the Tribal Areas on Wednesday killed 17 terrorists, local security officials said...
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US missile strike kills five
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
09/19/10
A suspected U.S. drone fired three missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan today, killing five alleged militants in the 14th such attack this month — the most intense barrage since the strikes began in 2004, said intelligence officials. The house belonged to a local militant and was located in Datta Khel, a town in the North Waziristan tribal area that is controlled by militants who regularly launch cross-border attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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US Kills 32 people in Pakistan
US drones killed five militants in a strike in the volatile North Waziristan tribal region of northwest Pakistan today, taking the taking the number of rebels killed in four consecutive attacks since yesterday to 32.
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US Attack Kills 8 In Pakistan
At least eight people were killed and two others injured in a U.S. drone strike launched Monday afternoon. One of the missiles reportedly hit a vehicle carrying five local welfare workers and all of them were said to be killed.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7146487.html
From Information Clearing House
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Pakistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Waziristan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=tribal+region
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=missile+attack
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=missile+strike
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=airstrike
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=drone
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Haqqani
09/15/10
Drone aircraft made two missile attacks in a lawless tribal region on the Afghan border yesterday, making September the most intense period of U.S. strikes in Pakistan since they began in 2004, intelligence officials said. The stepped-up campaign is focused on a small area of farming villages and mountainous, thickly forested terrain controlled by the Haqqani network, a ruthless American foe in Afghanistan, U.S. officials say...
http://tinyurl.com/39gndug
17 more killed as US steps up drone strikes
Daily Times [Pakistan]
09/16/10
Two separate US missile strikes targeting al Qaeda-linked fighters in the Tribal Areas on Wednesday killed 17 terrorists, local security officials said...
http://tinyurl.com/2bys7tg
US missile strike kills five
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
09/19/10
A suspected U.S. drone fired three missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan today, killing five alleged militants in the 14th such attack this month — the most intense barrage since the strikes began in 2004, said intelligence officials. The house belonged to a local militant and was located in Datta Khel, a town in the North Waziristan tribal area that is controlled by militants who regularly launch cross-border attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media...
http://tinyurl.com/2fu2bhh
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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US Kills 32 people in Pakistan
US drones killed five militants in a strike in the volatile North Waziristan tribal region of northwest Pakistan today, taking the taking the number of rebels killed in four consecutive attacks since yesterday to 32.
http://bit.ly/bTwlUM
US Attack Kills 8 In Pakistan
At least eight people were killed and two others injured in a U.S. drone strike launched Monday afternoon. One of the missiles reportedly hit a vehicle carrying five local welfare workers and all of them were said to be killed.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7146487.html
From Information Clearing House
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Pakistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Waziristan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=tribal+region
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=missile+attack
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=missile+strike
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=airstrike
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=drone
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Haqqani
rudkla - 15. Sep, 09:36
