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New US drone attack kills 7 in Pakistan
New US drone attack kills 7 in Pakistan
PressTV - New US drone attack kills 7 in Pakistan
Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:25AM
US unsanctioned drone attacks on Pakistan's tribal regions have strained Islamabad-Washington diplomatic relations.
At least seven people have been killed and four others wounded in another unauthorized US drone attack in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region.
A US drone fired four missiles at Barmal area of tribal South Waziristan in northwestern Pakistan, local officials and sources told Press TV Tuesday morning.
The non-UN-sanctioned attack comes a day after another deadly US drone strike in a neighboring North Waziristan region killed at least 25 people. Initial reports had put the number of fatalities in the Monday attack at 10, but local officials later said the number of those killed had reached 25.
The US has carried out many unauthorized drone attacks on Pakistan's tribal areas since 2008, but there has been a significant climb in the frequency of the drone attacks over the past few months.
New US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta threatened on Saturday to continue and intensify unauthorized American drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, in what he claimed as efforts to hunt down al-Qaeda leaders. He also claimed that there are only 10 to 20 al-Qaeda leaders that remain and that the US was out to kill them.
The aerial assaults, initiated by former US President George W. Bush, have intensified under President Barack Obama. Washington claims the airstrikes target militants, but most of the attacks have resulted in civilian casualties.
The issue of civilian casualties has strained relations between Islamabad and Washington, with the Pakistani government repeatedly objecting to the attacks and leading the US to suspend its massive military aid to its major South Asian ally.
AO/MB
PressTV - New US drone attack kills 7 in Pakistan
Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:25AM
US unsanctioned drone attacks on Pakistan's tribal regions have strained Islamabad-Washington diplomatic relations.
At least seven people have been killed and four others wounded in another unauthorized US drone attack in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region.
A US drone fired four missiles at Barmal area of tribal South Waziristan in northwestern Pakistan, local officials and sources told Press TV Tuesday morning.
The non-UN-sanctioned attack comes a day after another deadly US drone strike in a neighboring North Waziristan region killed at least 25 people. Initial reports had put the number of fatalities in the Monday attack at 10, but local officials later said the number of those killed had reached 25.
The US has carried out many unauthorized drone attacks on Pakistan's tribal areas since 2008, but there has been a significant climb in the frequency of the drone attacks over the past few months.
New US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta threatened on Saturday to continue and intensify unauthorized American drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, in what he claimed as efforts to hunt down al-Qaeda leaders. He also claimed that there are only 10 to 20 al-Qaeda leaders that remain and that the US was out to kill them.
The aerial assaults, initiated by former US President George W. Bush, have intensified under President Barack Obama. Washington claims the airstrikes target militants, but most of the attacks have resulted in civilian casualties.
The issue of civilian casualties has strained relations between Islamabad and Washington, with the Pakistani government repeatedly objecting to the attacks and leading the US to suspend its massive military aid to its major South Asian ally.
AO/MB