US drone strike in North Waziristan kills seven

Dawn ^ | 10 october 2010 | Wire

[csvset]

MIRAMSHAH: A US drone strike killed seven militants at a compound in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region Sunday, security officials said.

The compound was located by a road in Shewa district about 40 kilometres northeast of the region's main town of Miramshah.

The drone fired four missiles at the compound and two vehicles parked outside were also destroyed, an intelligence official in Miramshah told AFP.

“At least seven militants were killed and three wounded,” a security official in Peshawar told AFP, raising his earlier casualty estimate.

The casualties were confirmed by two other intelligence officials in Miramshah.

The strike is the latest in a series of US operations in the region that are believed to have targeted Taliban and al-Qaeda extremists plotting attacks in Europe.

Security officials said last week that a drone strike had killed five German militants.

The United States has massively ramped up its drone campaign in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region on the Afghan border, amid intelligence claims of a Mumbai-style terror plot to attack European cities. The plot was reportedly caught in its early planning stages.

[csvset]

The drone attacks are rather frequent. Keep up the good work.

[Citizen Tom Paine]

Why aren’t we hearing about all the “innocent” civilians killed in these strikes by the Evil Americans? Maybe the MSM has a hero in the White House now.

[joseph20]

...security officials said.

[jroneil]

If another country did this would it not be considered a war crime. This is not a Right or Left issue but a matter of right or wrong. This is why a declaration of war is needed. When we go into battle. It is to easy to let emotions guide us for the sake of safety we believe we can do anything!
For the sake of safety we allow invasion of privacy with unlawful stops and x-rays.

[Walkingfeather]

It seems we are getting a lot more opportunities to hit these guys as of late. Very Nice!