US drone strike kills five in South Waziristan

[Devil Soul]

By AFP Published: April 17, 2013
MIRANSHAH: A US drone fired two missiles into a Taliban training camp in South Waziristan on Wednesday, destroying the compound and killing at least five suspected militants, local officials said.
The attack took place in the Baber Ghar area of the South Waziristan tribal district on the Afghan border, a stronghold of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud, where the faction runs several camps.

“The target was a base of the TTP. Five militants have been killed and two injured,” a local security official told AFP.

Another official in Wana, the main town in South Waziristan, confirmed the attack and told AFP the drone targeted a base of TTP.

Pakistan repeatedly denounces US drone strikes, criticising them as a violation of sovereignty that inflame anti-Americanism despite leaked US diplomatic cables that showed leaders allegedly agreed to them in private.

UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights envoy Ben Emmerson, who visited Islamabad last month as part of an investigation into civilian casualties caused by drone strikes, said the US drone attacks violated Pakistan’s sovereignty.

According to Britain’s Bureau of Investigative Journalism, CIA drone attacks in Pakistan have killed up to 3,587 people since 2004, up to 884 of them civilians.

 

[Gryphon]

At least, these drone strike are doing something good .... but their leadership is safe in the Afghan safe havens ... Hope US strikes the TTP leaders (Hakimullah & Fazlullah) in Kunar-Nuristan too as they did with Dadullah ..

 

[Bhai Zakir]

US drone destroys 'Taliban base' in Pakistan - Central & South Asia - Al Jazeera English

 

[uzair ramay]

biggest terrorists of the world are attacking innocent ppls through drones....

 

[haviZsultan]

I am glad that the drone strike actually targetted the people we want them to hunt down. The Taliban are factitious and the Taliban militants we want to destroy first are those of Hakimullah Mehsud. This man has done much damage to Pakistan and I have offered to help hunt down this evil thug if the government of Pakistan gives me the chance.

This drone strike unlike others targetted Hakimullah Mehsuds Taliban which is the enemy we want to destroy first. On the list of priorities Hakimullah Mehsuds Taliban should be right at the top. Striking these enemies of Pakistan down should be our number one priority. Other militant groups include Bahawal Khans militants which operate out of Wana.

 

[shuttler]

Pakistan repeatedly denounces US drone strikes, criticising them as a violation of sovereignty that inflame anti-Americanism despite leaked US diplomatic cables that showed leaders allegedly agreed to them in private.

UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights envoy Ben Emmerson, who visited Islamabad last month as part of an investigation into civilian casualties caused by drone strikes, said the US drone attacks violated Pakistan’s sovereignty.

how many us / western media are covering these?