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Missile strike kills 9 in Pakistan
Updated at: 0600 PST, Thursday, August 14, 2008
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region killed at least nine suspected insurgents including foreigners, officials said Wednesday, raising suspicion that the U.S. was again targeting militants in Pakistan.
A spokesman for the U.S. military denied it was behind the four missiles that struck the compound late Tuesday in a remote and mountainous area near Angore Adda in South Waziristan. However, past strikes are believed to have been conducted by the CIA using Predator drones.
The tribal regions are considered havens for al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants who plot and stage attacks on U.S. and NATOforces in Afghanistan, and the U.S. has repeatedly urged Pakistan to bring those areas under control. The missile strikes, however, have strained ties between Washington and Islamabad.
A Pakistan military official told media that at least nine people died in the latest strike. Two Pakistan intelligence officials said between 22 and 25 people died including Arabs, Turkmen and Pakistani militants in the strike, which was apparently launched from Afghanistan.
They said the camp is linked to the group of Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whose followers are fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. They said it was not clear if the camp leader, an Afghan identified as Commander Zangeer, or senior militants were killed.
Updated at: 0600 PST, Thursday, August 14, 2008
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region killed at least nine suspected insurgents including foreigners, officials said Wednesday, raising suspicion that the U.S. was again targeting militants in Pakistan.
A spokesman for the U.S. military denied it was behind the four missiles that struck the compound late Tuesday in a remote and mountainous area near Angore Adda in South Waziristan. However, past strikes are believed to have been conducted by the CIA using Predator drones.
The tribal regions are considered havens for al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants who plot and stage attacks on U.S. and NATOforces in Afghanistan, and the U.S. has repeatedly urged Pakistan to bring those areas under control. The missile strikes, however, have strained ties between Washington and Islamabad.
A Pakistan military official told media that at least nine people died in the latest strike. Two Pakistan intelligence officials said between 22 and 25 people died including Arabs, Turkmen and Pakistani militants in the strike, which was apparently launched from Afghanistan.
They said the camp is linked to the group of Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whose followers are fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. They said it was not clear if the camp leader, an Afghan identified as Commander Zangeer, or senior militants were killed.
