US drones targeted a group of local Taliban fighters and "foreigners" who were gathering to mourn the death of a commander who was killed in another strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan just one day ago. The strike is the seventh in the past two weeks.
The remotely piloted and CIA-operated Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired four missiles at a group of Taliban fighters loyal to Mullah Nazir who gathered in the village of Mana Raghzai in South Waziristan, according to The Associated Press. Ten "militants" were reported to have been killed in the strike.
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More News On U.S. Drone Strikes In Pakistan
US drone attacks kill 12 in Pakistan -- The Guardian
U.S. drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan -- UPI
9 militants in Pakistan killed in suspected U.S. drone strike, official says -- CNN
US drones 'kill five militants' in Pakistan -- AFP
US missiles kill 2 in northwest Pakistan -- AP
Why US Accelerates Drone Attacks? -- Sajjad Shaukat, Kashmir Watch
My Comment: 7 drone strikes in the past two weeks .... the U.S. is definitely intensifying it's drone campaign.
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