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Dec 22, 2008 6:48 AM CST

US Drone Strike Kills 7 in Pakistan

Attack mounts pressure for government to act

(Newser) - An unmanned US drone is suspected of firing two missiles in Pakistan that killed seven people, the BBC reports. Taliban were seen pulling bodies from a fort-like house afterward as tribesmen fired at the aircraft. Since August, American-operated drones have launched more than 20 missiles in the tribal areas near...

Pakistan Warns
Petraeus on
Missile Attacks

Nov 4, 2008 6:19 AM CST

Pakistan Warns Petraeus on Missile Attacks

General told that US cross-border strikes are giving anti-American Islamists a boost

(Newser) - Pakistan has told the new chief of US Central Command that missile strikes inside its territory must stop, the Guardian reports. Gen. David Petraeus was warned that the strikes on suspected al-Qaeda militants in tribal areas across the Afghan border are fanning anti-American sentiment and creating a "credibility" ...

US Missiles Kill 5 in Pakistan

Oct 12, 2008 6:07 AM CDT

US Missiles Kill 5 in Pakistan

Strike is second this week in militant stronghold

(Newser) - A pair of US missiles yesterday killed five militants in a Pakistani border community, according to a local intelligence official. Some were foreigners living in a village in North Waziristan, an al-Qaeda and Taliban stronghold, the official said. US drones had been circulating for hours and delivered the missiles after...

US Missile Strike
Kills at Least 10 in Pakistan

Sep 12, 2008 5:59 AM CDT

US Missile Strike Kills at Least 10 in Pakistan

New fuel for tensions between US and Pakistan

(Newser) - A US missile attack killed at least 10 people today in northwest Pakistan, where many al-Qaeda and Taliban militants are based, Reuters reports. Drones fired missiles at a former government school that housed militants and their families in the latest move in a heated US-Pakistan disagreement over militants in the...

Strike Kills at Least 9 in
Pakistan Militant Stronghold

Sep 8, 2008 7:54 AM CDT

Strike Kills at Least 9 in Pakistan Militant Stronghold

US missiles thought to have hit both terrorists and children

(Newser) - Explosions reportedly caused by missiles fired from drone aircraft hit a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander in northwest Pakistan today, killing at least nine people, officials and witnesses said. The blasts took place in a militant stronghold in Pakistan's wild tribal belt, a possible hiding place...

Suspected US Strike Kills 5
in Pakistan

Sep 5, 2008 8:00 AM CDT

Suspected US Strike Kills 5 in Pakistan

Drone attack is the latest of several near Afghan border

(Newser) - A suspected US airstrike on Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan killed at least 5 people today, part of a stepped-up effort against militants in the region, the AP reports. The victims' identities remained unclear. Conflicting intelligence reports called them either al-Qaeda operatives or innocent women and children, AFP notes. US...

US Fires Missiles at
al-Qaeda Target in Somalia

Mar 3, 2008 10:13 AM CST

US Fires Missiles at al-Qaeda Target in Somalia

Strike killed 3 women, 3 children, wounded 20

(Newser) - The US military has fired missiles at a terror target in southern Somalia, CNN reports. The strike destroyed two houses, killing three women and three children and wounding 20 others, a local commissioner reports. A US official says the strike was aimed at a "facility where there were known...