Posted on 04/03/2009 11:16:32 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
A suspected US missile strike in north-west Pakistan has killed 13 people, local security officials have said.
The apparent drone attack targeted a home in the North Waziristan region near the Afghan border, officials said.
The US military routinely does not confirm drone attacks but its forces in Afghanistan are believed to be the only ones in the region with the capability.
Pakistan is critical of drone use because, it says, civilians are often killed, fuelling support for militants.
It targeted a local tribesman's compound near the region's main town of Miranshah, according to reports.
A number of foreign militants were among those killed, security officials said.
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“Pakistan is critical of drone use because, it says, civilians are often killed, fuelling support for militants.”
Maybe after a while it will fuel hate for the militants, because hanging around them gets you killed?
Cowardly terrorists alway hide behind women, children, and innocent people when they think they are being hunted down.
Afghanistan is the only thing Dumbo appears to be doing right.
Stopped clock and all that...
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