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US drone kills seven in NW Pakistan
US drone kills seven in NW Pakistan
Tue Aug 9, 2011 11:24PM GMT
PressTV - US drone kills seven in NW Pakistan
A non-UN-sanctioned US drone attack has claimed the lives of seven people in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt.
The incident took place on Wednesday near the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan tribal district, AFP reported.
A vehicle and a compound were destroyed in the assault.
The CIA's unmanned aircraft carried out six strikes in Pakistan during July, leading to the death of at least 73 people, Conflict Monitoring Centre (CMC) said in its monthly report.
CMC is an Islamabad-based independent research center which monitors the drone attacks in Pakistan.
At least 63 people lost their lives in four drone attacks on July 11 and 12. June, however, was the deadliest month of 2011 with more than 117 people killed in twelve strikes, the report said.
A total number of 443 people have been killed in the first seven months of the current year, according to the CMC report.
The focus of most of the CIA attacks has been North Waziristan. The intelligence agency carried out more than 132 attacks in Pakistan in 2010 and only nine of them were in South Waziristan, the report added.
The aerial raids, initiated by former US President George W. Bush in 2004, have escalated under President Barack Obama.
Washington claims the airstrikes target militants, but most of the attacks result in civilian casualties.
The United Nations says the US-operated drone strikes in Pakistan pose a growing challenge to the international rule of law.
MA/MGH
Tue Aug 9, 2011 11:24PM GMT
PressTV - US drone kills seven in NW Pakistan
A non-UN-sanctioned US drone attack has claimed the lives of seven people in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt.
The incident took place on Wednesday near the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan tribal district, AFP reported.
A vehicle and a compound were destroyed in the assault.
The CIA's unmanned aircraft carried out six strikes in Pakistan during July, leading to the death of at least 73 people, Conflict Monitoring Centre (CMC) said in its monthly report.
CMC is an Islamabad-based independent research center which monitors the drone attacks in Pakistan.
At least 63 people lost their lives in four drone attacks on July 11 and 12. June, however, was the deadliest month of 2011 with more than 117 people killed in twelve strikes, the report said.
A total number of 443 people have been killed in the first seven months of the current year, according to the CMC report.
The focus of most of the CIA attacks has been North Waziristan. The intelligence agency carried out more than 132 attacks in Pakistan in 2010 and only nine of them were in South Waziristan, the report added.
The aerial raids, initiated by former US President George W. Bush in 2004, have escalated under President Barack Obama.
Washington claims the airstrikes target militants, but most of the attacks result in civilian casualties.
The United Nations says the US-operated drone strikes in Pakistan pose a growing challenge to the international rule of law.
MA/MGH