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Financial Times November 20, 2009 US missile strike kills eight in Pakistan MIRANSHAH, Pakistan: A suspected US drone aircraft fired two missiles at a north-western Pakistani militant stronghold on Friday, killing eight people, the second such attack this week, security officials and Taliban spokesmen said. The US has carried out more than 40 attacks with its pilotless, missile-firing aircraft in north-west Pakistan this year as its forces in neighbouring Afghanistan have faced an intensifying Taliban insurgency. EDITOR’S CHOICE Pakistan makes gains in south Waziristan - Nov-19.Suicide bomber kills 10 in Pakistan’s Peshawar - Nov-14.Bomb hits Pakistan intelligence office - Nov-13.Mol turns on tap at Pakistan gas field - Nov-11.Pakistan vows to resist Taliban - Oct-28.In depth: Pakistan - Nov-20..The attack was near Mir Ali, a town in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border and a sanctuary for al-Qaeda and the Taliban. “Eight people have been killed,” an intelligence official in the region said. A Taliban spokesman confirmed the target had apparently been a vehicle. “Our men are going to the site of the strike. We don’t have details right now,” said the spokesman, who declined to be identified. Four militants were killed in a similar strike on Wednesday night in the same region. The Pakistani army has been battling militants in the neighbouring South Waziristan region since last month. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected] or [email protected] Daily digest option available. ==============================
