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| US strikes in Pakistan tribal areas 'kill 21' |
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| Written by Wadan | |
| Friday, 03 October 2008 | |
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By Isambard Wilkinson in Islamabad Last Updated: 6:14PM BST 03 Oct 2008 Officials said the strikes took place in two villages in the tribal area of North Waziristan and killed at least seven people including women and children. A Pakistani television broadcaster reported that 21 people were killed in the strikes and that 17 foreigners were among the dead. The United States has launched a flurry of strikes against suspected al-Qaida and Taliban targets in North and South Waziristan in recent weeks despite Pakistani protests over American broaches of Pakistan's sovereignty. A Pakistani military spokesman said he was not immediately able to comment on the strikes. A missile struck the village of Mohammad Khel, 20 miles west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, a region known as a hotbed of Taliban and al Qaeda support. Earlier Pakistani intelligence officials reported another US airstrike on the North Waziristan village of Datta Khel, closer to the Afghan border. But a military spokesman contradicted the account, saying it was a Nato airstrike on a target across the border in Afghanistan. The American missile strikes into Pakistan, and in particular a commando ground assault on a Pakistani village, have strained relations between the two allies. |
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