November 21, 2009

MIRANSHAH: At least 10 people were killed in suspected US drone strikes in Machhikhel region of North Waziristan Agency on Friday. The strike took place in Machhikhel area of Mir Ali village, some 16 kilometers northeast of Miramshah, the main town of the North Waziristan tribal district.
US pilotless spy planes fired two hellfire missiles at suspected terrorists hideouts, killing 10 people and injuring dozen other. The locals of the have besieged the area after the strike and started retrieving bodies and injured.
The Political administration has confirmed the drone strike, but had no details about the target or casualties. "It was a U.S. drone attack which targeted a militant compound, killing 10 militants and wounding dozen others," a senior security official in the area told a Private TV Channel. He said two missiles were fired from a U.S. drone.

U.S. drone plane's flights are still hovering over the area, witnesses said, adding that the attack pounded militants hideout established in a house. It was the second drone of strike in North Waziristan during last 3 days.
On Wednesday night, six militants were killed and five others wounded in a suspected United States drone missile strike in Shanakhora village of North Waziristan. The U.S drones regularly hit hideouts of the militants in the Pakistani tribal region, which Washington considers as the center of Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants. Pakistan opposes the U.S. strikes inside the country's tribal regions and seeks the drone technology. But the U.S. does not accept Islamabad's request.—Agencies