Drone attacks kill 48 militants
Thursday, July 9, 2009
The News International, Thursday, July 09, 2009
PESHAWAR/WANA: Forty-eight militants were killed and several others injured in two separate attacks by US spy planes in the troubled South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Wednesday. However, some reports quoting officials of law-enforcement agencies and political administration put the death toll in the two attacks at 58.
According to sources, besides the tribal militants, the dead also included four Arabs and seven Uzbeks.It was the deadliest attack for the Baitullah Mehsud-led militants after June 23 in which 80 people, mostly militants, were killed in two attacks on a training camp and funeral ceremony of Taliban commander Khwaz Wali Mehsud near Makeen.
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PESHAWAR/WANA: Forty-eight militants were killed and several others injured in two separate attacks by US spy planes in the troubled South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Wednesday. However, some reports quoting officials of law-enforcement agencies and political administration put the death toll in the two attacks at 58.
According to sources, besides the tribal militants, the dead also included four Arabs and seven Uzbeks.It was the deadliest attack for the Baitullah Mehsud-led militants after June 23 in which 80 people, mostly militants, were killed in two attacks on a training camp and funeral ceremony of Taliban commander Khwaz Wali Mehsud near Makeen.
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Labels: Drone Attacks, South Waziristan, US Spy Planes, War on Terror
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