US Drone strikes in Pakistan are illegal under international law.
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IceCold, sir,
You don't know that "which at most times usually kills more civilians then the so called taliban and AQ personals." This is a myth which serves the terrorist cause. The drone strikes are the most effective way of killing the terrorists while avoiding or minimizing the deaths of "civilians". Aircraft strikes and ground assault strikes would kill even more human shields. It is the terrorists themselves who put their families and supporters at risk by choosing to live "at home", or as "guests", while they wage war. Do you want to make their homes or hideouts sanctuaries? How could a war ever be won against these killers if they are granted the sanctuary of wherever they choose to eat their meals and sleep?
Eight militants killed in US Strike in Pakistan
PAKISTAN - 30 SEPTEMBER 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan Eight militants were killed in a US missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, security officials said, in the third such attack on the Taliban's tribal strongholds in 24 hours.
The unmanned drone targeted the lawless region of North Waziristan, a Taliban bolthole where Washington says Islamist fighters are hiding out and plotting attacks on Western troops stationed in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Northwest Pakistan is seeing a surge in US strikes, with seven reported this month as the United States tries to stem the flow of militants waging a deadly insurgency against about 100,000 foreign troops stationed across the border.
"It was a US drone attack which targeted a compound in Norak area in North Waziristan," a security official in the region said.
"The death toll in the strike is eight militants including three Arabs, one Uzbek, one Chechen and three local militants," he added.
Another security official confirmed the attack and toll, telling AFP that Taliban rebels were holding a meeting in the compound about 25 kilometres (15 miles) east of district hub Miranshah at the time of the attack.
"It is not clear if there was any high-value target," he said.
On Tuesday, two successive strikes from the pilotless spy planes in South and North Waziristan killed a total of 12 militants.
The first strike killed five rebels at the compound of a low-level Taliban commander in South Waziristan's Sara Rogha, a stronghold of former Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike in August.
Hours later, more missiles pounded militants associated with an Al-Qaeda-linked network in North Waziristan, apparently killing seven Afghan Taliban at a house on the outskirts of Miranshah.
The US military does not, as a rule, confirm drone attacks, but its armed forces and the Central Intelligence Agency operating in Afghanistan are the only forces that deploy pilotless drones in the region.
Source: AFP
PAKISTAN - 30 SEPTEMBER 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan Eight militants were killed in a US missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, security officials said, in the third such attack on the Taliban's tribal strongholds in 24 hours.
The unmanned drone targeted the lawless region of North Waziristan, a Taliban bolthole where Washington says Islamist fighters are hiding out and plotting attacks on Western troops stationed in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Northwest Pakistan is seeing a surge in US strikes, with seven reported this month as the United States tries to stem the flow of militants waging a deadly insurgency against about 100,000 foreign troops stationed across the border.
"It was a US drone attack which targeted a compound in Norak area in North Waziristan," a security official in the region said.
"The death toll in the strike is eight militants including three Arabs, one Uzbek, one Chechen and three local militants," he added.
Another security official confirmed the attack and toll, telling AFP that Taliban rebels were holding a meeting in the compound about 25 kilometres (15 miles) east of district hub Miranshah at the time of the attack.
"It is not clear if there was any high-value target," he said.
On Tuesday, two successive strikes from the pilotless spy planes in South and North Waziristan killed a total of 12 militants.
The first strike killed five rebels at the compound of a low-level Taliban commander in South Waziristan's Sara Rogha, a stronghold of former Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike in August.
Hours later, more missiles pounded militants associated with an Al-Qaeda-linked network in North Waziristan, apparently killing seven Afghan Taliban at a house on the outskirts of Miranshah.
The US military does not, as a rule, confirm drone attacks, but its armed forces and the Central Intelligence Agency operating in Afghanistan are the only forces that deploy pilotless drones in the region.
Source: AFP
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Drone kills 5 in North Waziristan
October 16, 2009
PESHAWAR - At least five militants were killed and seven others got injured in a suspected US drone attack in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Thursday.
Two missiles were fired from the US unmanned plane that hit a suspected militants house in Danday Darpakhel area near Miranshah destroying it completely. The militants reportedly cordoned off the area after the attack in which five miscreants died on the spot.
So far 67 drone attacks have been carried out mainly targeting militant hideouts killing hundreds of people including Baitullah Mehsud, chief of defunct Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
AFP/Reuters add: The owner of the house is a member of the Haqqani network, said one of the intelligence officials, referring to veteran Afghan militant commander Jalaluddin Haqqani, whose men attack foreign forces in much of eastern Afghanistan.
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October 16, 2009
PESHAWAR - At least five militants were killed and seven others got injured in a suspected US drone attack in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Thursday.
Two missiles were fired from the US unmanned plane that hit a suspected militants house in Danday Darpakhel area near Miranshah destroying it completely. The militants reportedly cordoned off the area after the attack in which five miscreants died on the spot.
So far 67 drone attacks have been carried out mainly targeting militant hideouts killing hundreds of people including Baitullah Mehsud, chief of defunct Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
AFP/Reuters add: The owner of the house is a member of the Haqqani network, said one of the intelligence officials, referring to veteran Afghan militant commander Jalaluddin Haqqani, whose men attack foreign forces in much of eastern Afghanistan.
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Drone attack kills 4 Afghans in North Waziristan
MIRANSHAH: Four Afghan Taliban were killed in a US drone attack in North Waziristan on Thursday, security officials said. The men belonged to Ghaznavi group of the Jalaluddin Haqqani network of the Taliban in Afghanistan “Three missiles were fired by the drone in Dandi Darphakhel area and killed four Afghan Taliban from the Haqqani network,” the officials told Daily Times. The strike came as the army prepares an offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in neighbouring South Waziristan Agency. Meanwhile, North Waziristan Political Agent Mathar Zeb announced indefinite curfew in Miranshah, Mir Ali and Dosali areas from today (Friday). haji mujtaba
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MIRANSHAH: Four Afghan Taliban were killed in a US drone attack in North Waziristan on Thursday, security officials said. The men belonged to Ghaznavi group of the Jalaluddin Haqqani network of the Taliban in Afghanistan “Three missiles were fired by the drone in Dandi Darphakhel area and killed four Afghan Taliban from the Haqqani network,” the officials told Daily Times. The strike came as the army prepares an offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in neighbouring South Waziristan Agency. Meanwhile, North Waziristan Political Agent Mathar Zeb announced indefinite curfew in Miranshah, Mir Ali and Dosali areas from today (Friday). haji mujtaba
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US drone attacks in North Waziristan leave 9 dead, several injured
MIRANSHAH (SANA): At least nine persons were killed and several sustained grievous injuries in two US missile strikes in the embattled North Waziristan Agency (NWA) tribal region.
As per details, US drone fired four missiles on the suspected hideouts of the terrorists and killed nine persons while several others received critical injuries.
According to the witnesses, drone aircraft are still hovering over the different areas of the tribal region, which sent fear waves among the locals.
A US drone missile attack on a suspected militant hideout in a remote tribal area in North Waziristan early Thursday killed at least four people, security officials said.
The pre-dawn strike targeted the suspected militant compound in Dandey Darpa Khel region near the Afghan border, a security official said.
An intelligence official based in the region wishing anonymity told that two missiles were fired by the pilotless aircraft. They hit a house belonging to an Afghan refugee, he said.
http://www.sananews.com.pk/english/...orth-waziristan-leave-9-dead-several-injured/
US drone attack kills 27 in Pakistan
24 October 2009
At least 27 people, including militants, were killed Saturday in a US drone attack in northwest Pakistan, media reports said.
The drone fired two missiles at a militant hideout in Damadola area of Bajaur tribal agency, killing 27 people and injuring several others, the ARY News channel reported.
The hideout was located near the house of Taliban deputy chief Moulvi Faqir Muhammad.
Officials said several militants were among those killed. The nephew and son-in-law of Faqir Muhammad were also killed. Faqir fled the compound 10 minutes before the attack, they said.
The militants were holding a meeting in the hideout at the time of the attack, Xinhua reported.
Damadola and its adjoining areas near Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province are considered to be the strongholds of Taliban.
The US has intensified drone attacks in the tribal areas of Pakistan despite Islamabad's protest against the offensives. Islamabad said the drone attacks killed more than 400 people in Pakistan since August 2008.
Source: IANS
24 October 2009
At least 27 people, including militants, were killed Saturday in a US drone attack in northwest Pakistan, media reports said.
The drone fired two missiles at a militant hideout in Damadola area of Bajaur tribal agency, killing 27 people and injuring several others, the ARY News channel reported.
The hideout was located near the house of Taliban deputy chief Moulvi Faqir Muhammad.
Officials said several militants were among those killed. The nephew and son-in-law of Faqir Muhammad were also killed. Faqir fled the compound 10 minutes before the attack, they said.
The militants were holding a meeting in the hideout at the time of the attack, Xinhua reported.
Damadola and its adjoining areas near Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province are considered to be the strongholds of Taliban.
The US has intensified drone attacks in the tribal areas of Pakistan despite Islamabad's protest against the offensives. Islamabad said the drone attacks killed more than 400 people in Pakistan since August 2008.
Source: IANS
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The latest strike occurred in Bajaur; an area that has been recently captured and under control of the Pakistan Army.
Taliban are supposedly finished after the area was pacified, so there is no question of a Taliban meeting.
These strikes are an insult to national sovereignty of Pakistan. Government of a nation with a minimum semblance of dignity would have sacked the PAF Northern Area Command AOC and referred him to an immediate Court Martial. Higher ups who instructed him to calmly watch and enjoy an aggression on home soil too should have suffered the same fate.
Fortunately for our Political and Military leadership, as a nation we are free from the excess baggage called dignity.
Taliban are supposedly finished after the area was pacified, so there is no question of a Taliban meeting.
These strikes are an insult to national sovereignty of Pakistan. Government of a nation with a minimum semblance of dignity would have sacked the PAF Northern Area Command AOC and referred him to an immediate Court Martial. Higher ups who instructed him to calmly watch and enjoy an aggression on home soil too should have suffered the same fate.
Fortunately for our Political and Military leadership, as a nation we are free from the excess baggage called dignity.
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Sitting out of Pakistan does have such affects, anyhow not your fault.
Bajaur has not been completely captured, there are certain areas which are still to be cleared off, specially near the border. Just to let you know.
And PAF is as much against the air strikes & the drones flying in our air space as you are. I believe you had missed a few of the statement by the air chief when asked the same question that you just put up.
Suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan kills two
5 November 2009
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles on Thursday into North Waziristan, a major al Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary in northwest Pakistan, killing two people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
The United States has launched 44 such strikes on suspected militants in Pakistan this year compared with 32 last year. Pakistani forces launched an offensive against militants in the neighbouring South Waziristan region on the Afghan border in mid-October.
The strike hit a house in a village about 18 km (12 miles) east of North Waziristan's main town of Miranshah.
"The house is on fire. Flames are rising," villager Said Wali told Reuters by telephone.
Militants had cordoned off the area and were pulling bodies out of the rubble, one of the Pakistani security agency officials said.
There was no further information about the two people killed in the attack or the identity of the owner of the house which was hit, the officials said.
The United States, facing surging violence in Afghanistan, stepped up its use of the pilotless aircraft to attack targets in Pakistan last year.
Pakistan officially objects to the strikes, saying they are a violation of its sovereignty and cause civilian casualties which bolster Islamist support, but the missiles have killed some top militants.
Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a drone attack in South Waziristan in August.
Source: Reuters
5 November 2009
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles on Thursday into North Waziristan, a major al Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary in northwest Pakistan, killing two people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
The United States has launched 44 such strikes on suspected militants in Pakistan this year compared with 32 last year. Pakistani forces launched an offensive against militants in the neighbouring South Waziristan region on the Afghan border in mid-October.
The strike hit a house in a village about 18 km (12 miles) east of North Waziristan's main town of Miranshah.
"The house is on fire. Flames are rising," villager Said Wali told Reuters by telephone.
Militants had cordoned off the area and were pulling bodies out of the rubble, one of the Pakistani security agency officials said.
There was no further information about the two people killed in the attack or the identity of the owner of the house which was hit, the officials said.
The United States, facing surging violence in Afghanistan, stepped up its use of the pilotless aircraft to attack targets in Pakistan last year.
Pakistan officially objects to the strikes, saying they are a violation of its sovereignty and cause civilian casualties which bolster Islamist support, but the missiles have killed some top militants.
Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a drone attack in South Waziristan in August.
Source: Reuters
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US kills 4 in North Waziristan airstrike
By Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, November 4, 2009 9:09 PM
The US has killed four Taliban and al Qaeda in its first strike in Paksitan's tribal areas in two weeks.
Unmanned aircraft, likely remotely piloted Predator or Reaper aircraft, struck in Norok near the main town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan.
Four people were reported killed and another four were reported wounded in the strike, but no senior commanders have been identified as being the target.
The town of Mir Ali is a known stronghold of al Qaeda leader Abu Kasha al Iraqi, an Iraqi national who is also known as Abu Akash. He has close links to the Taliban and the Haqqani Network. The Haqqani Network and Hafiz Gul Bahadar also have influence int eh Mir Ali region.
Abu Kasha Serves as the key link between al Qaeda's Shura Majlis, or executive council, and the Taliban. His responsibilities have expanded to assisting in facilitating al Qaeda's external operations against the West.
Todays attack is only the first this month, and the ninth since the beginning of September. Eight of the nine strikes have taken place in North Waziristan; four have targeted Abu Kashas territories, and four have targeted the Haqqani Network.
The last strike, on Oct. 21, is thought to have killed Abu Musa al Masri, a senior bomb maker who has links with al Qaeda's external network.
Today's strike is also the second since the Pakistani military launched the offensive against Hakeemullah on Oct. 17.
The Pakistani government, in an effort to preserve the peace agreement with Nazir and Bahadar, has denied US strikes occurred in the tribal areas. Instead, Paksitani officials have claimed that explosions at bomb factories were the cause of the deaths.
US kills 4 in North Waziristan airstrike - The Long War Journal
By Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, November 4, 2009 9:09 PM
The US has killed four Taliban and al Qaeda in its first strike in Paksitan's tribal areas in two weeks.
Unmanned aircraft, likely remotely piloted Predator or Reaper aircraft, struck in Norok near the main town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan.
Four people were reported killed and another four were reported wounded in the strike, but no senior commanders have been identified as being the target.
The town of Mir Ali is a known stronghold of al Qaeda leader Abu Kasha al Iraqi, an Iraqi national who is also known as Abu Akash. He has close links to the Taliban and the Haqqani Network. The Haqqani Network and Hafiz Gul Bahadar also have influence int eh Mir Ali region.
Abu Kasha Serves as the key link between al Qaeda's Shura Majlis, or executive council, and the Taliban. His responsibilities have expanded to assisting in facilitating al Qaeda's external operations against the West.
Todays attack is only the first this month, and the ninth since the beginning of September. Eight of the nine strikes have taken place in North Waziristan; four have targeted Abu Kashas territories, and four have targeted the Haqqani Network.
The last strike, on Oct. 21, is thought to have killed Abu Musa al Masri, a senior bomb maker who has links with al Qaeda's external network.
Today's strike is also the second since the Pakistani military launched the offensive against Hakeemullah on Oct. 17.
The Pakistani government, in an effort to preserve the peace agreement with Nazir and Bahadar, has denied US strikes occurred in the tribal areas. Instead, Paksitani officials have claimed that explosions at bomb factories were the cause of the deaths.
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how about we secure the whole area and do not allow any one to use of our soil for militant activities against any country. then i dont think there would be drone attacks on suspected militants where some innocent people also get killed.
US missile hits militants in Pakistan tribal area: officials
PAKISTAN - 19 NOVEMBER 2009
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan – At least four militants were killed and five others wounded in a US drone missile strike in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Thursday.
The attack took place in Shanakhora village of North Waziristan, an area where Washington says Islamist fighters are hiding out and planning attacks on Western troops stationed in neighbouring Afghanistan.
"It was a US drone attack which targeted a militant compound killing four militants and wounding five others," a senior security official in the area told AFP.
He said two missiles were fired from a US drone.
Another security official confirmed the attack.
"The compound was being used by Taliban militants, however it is not clear whether there were any foreign militants or high-value targets," the official told AFP.
Residents in Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan tribal district, said they heard two loud blasts just before midnight.
The attack came against the backdrop of a continuing military offensive in neighbouring South Waziristan, a stronghold of the feared Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Pakistan has vowed to quash Tehreek-e-Taliban in South Waziristan, part of the border area with Afghanistan that Washington calls the most dangerous place in the world because of the abundance of Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters.
Photo: A map locating North Waziristan in Pakistan. At least four militants were killed and five others wounded in a US drone missile strike in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Thursday.
Source: AFP
PAKISTAN - 19 NOVEMBER 2009
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan – At least four militants were killed and five others wounded in a US drone missile strike in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Thursday.
The attack took place in Shanakhora village of North Waziristan, an area where Washington says Islamist fighters are hiding out and planning attacks on Western troops stationed in neighbouring Afghanistan.
"It was a US drone attack which targeted a militant compound killing four militants and wounding five others," a senior security official in the area told AFP.
He said two missiles were fired from a US drone.
Another security official confirmed the attack.
"The compound was being used by Taliban militants, however it is not clear whether there were any foreign militants or high-value targets," the official told AFP.
Residents in Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan tribal district, said they heard two loud blasts just before midnight.
The attack came against the backdrop of a continuing military offensive in neighbouring South Waziristan, a stronghold of the feared Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Pakistan has vowed to quash Tehreek-e-Taliban in South Waziristan, part of the border area with Afghanistan that Washington calls the most dangerous place in the world because of the abundance of Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters.
Photo: A map locating North Waziristan in Pakistan. At least four militants were killed and five others wounded in a US drone missile strike in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Thursday.
Source: AFP
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Eight killed in drone attack in North Waziristan
Friday, 20 Nov, 2009 Dawn
MIRAMSHAH: A US missile attack killed eight people, including foreign militants on Friday in the second such attack in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt in two days, security officials said.
The strike took place in the district of Mir Ali, northeast of Miramshah, the main town of the North Waziristan tribal district, officials said.
‘At least eight people were killed in the drone attack. A compound used by militants was targeted,’ a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media.
Another security official described the target as a Taliban training centre in Palooseen village. There were foreigners among the dead, the official said, using a term employed widely in Pakistan to mean Al-Qaeda operatives.
North Waziristan neighbours South Waziristan, where Pakistan has been pressing its most ambitious offensive to date against Taliban militants since October 17, sending troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships into battle.
Northwest Pakistan has seen a surge in the US strikes, which fan anti-Americanism in the country, since President Barack Obama took office and put the country on the frontline of the war on Al-Qaeda.
Obama has reportedly increased pressure on Islamabad to fight not just Tehrik-i-Taliban, which launches attacks within Pakistan, but those using Pakistan as a base from which to fight the Kabul government and Western troops in Afghanistan.
Another US drone attack killed six militants, including three foreigners, in North Waziristan overnight Wednesday to Thursday, officials said.
A foreign ‘terrorist’ named Salah al-Somali was the target, but there was no confirmation on whether he died or not, military officials said.
The US military does not, as a rule, confirm drone attacks, which US officials say have killed a number of top-level militants but Islamabad publicly opposes as a violation of its sovereignty.
Criticism of the strikes has lessened somewhat in public since a US drone attack killed Pakistan's much feared Taliban warlord Baitullah Mehsud on August 5 and analysts say Islamabad gives its tacit support to the strikes.
Since August 2008, at least 65 such strikes have killed around 625 people, although it is difficult to confirm the precise identity of many of those who die given that the remote region is largely closed to outsiders.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Eight killed in drone attack in North Waziristan
Friday, 20 Nov, 2009 Dawn
MIRAMSHAH: A US missile attack killed eight people, including foreign militants on Friday in the second such attack in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt in two days, security officials said.
The strike took place in the district of Mir Ali, northeast of Miramshah, the main town of the North Waziristan tribal district, officials said.
‘At least eight people were killed in the drone attack. A compound used by militants was targeted,’ a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media.
Another security official described the target as a Taliban training centre in Palooseen village. There were foreigners among the dead, the official said, using a term employed widely in Pakistan to mean Al-Qaeda operatives.
North Waziristan neighbours South Waziristan, where Pakistan has been pressing its most ambitious offensive to date against Taliban militants since October 17, sending troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships into battle.
Northwest Pakistan has seen a surge in the US strikes, which fan anti-Americanism in the country, since President Barack Obama took office and put the country on the frontline of the war on Al-Qaeda.
Obama has reportedly increased pressure on Islamabad to fight not just Tehrik-i-Taliban, which launches attacks within Pakistan, but those using Pakistan as a base from which to fight the Kabul government and Western troops in Afghanistan.
Another US drone attack killed six militants, including three foreigners, in North Waziristan overnight Wednesday to Thursday, officials said.
A foreign ‘terrorist’ named Salah al-Somali was the target, but there was no confirmation on whether he died or not, military officials said.
The US military does not, as a rule, confirm drone attacks, which US officials say have killed a number of top-level militants but Islamabad publicly opposes as a violation of its sovereignty.
Criticism of the strikes has lessened somewhat in public since a US drone attack killed Pakistan's much feared Taliban warlord Baitullah Mehsud on August 5 and analysts say Islamabad gives its tacit support to the strikes.
Since August 2008, at least 65 such strikes have killed around 625 people, although it is difficult to confirm the precise identity of many of those who die given that the remote region is largely closed to outsiders.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Eight killed in drone attack in North Waziristan
Since these Drones in most cases are takeing off from bases in Pakistan you really have to be unusually stupid not to realize its being done with Pakistans permission,,..Even the goverment of Pakistan realize that the Drones are much more effective with fewer civilian causulties then the targets being killed by either police or the military.
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