11 Pakistanis Killed by 4 US Drone Missile Attacks, October 14, 2010

11 Pakistanis Killed by 4 US Drone Missile Attacks

October 14, 2010

Four drone strikes kill 11 in N Waziristan

The Daily Times, Pakistan,

Thursday, October 14, 2010

DERA ISMAIL KHAN:

Suspected US unmanned aircraft launched four missile strikes at a house and two vehicles in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Wednesday evening, killing 11 Pakistani alleged Taliban fighters, including three foreigners, said intelligence officials.

The attacks occurred within about an hour in the Dattakhel area of North Waziristan.

The first attack occurred at about 9pm and targeted a house in Lataka village, killing four fighters, said the intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Minutes later, a drone attacked a vehicle nearby, killing two foreign fighters, said the officials. A second vehicle was attacked about 15 minutes later, killing three militants, including one foreigner, they said.

The final attack targeted fighters collecting bodies from the house destroyed in the first strike, killing two of them, said the officials. The US carried out 21 such strikes in September, nearly double the previous monthly record. ap

9 killed in U.S. drone attack in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 13, 2010 (Xinhua) --

The death toll has risen to nine following a U.S. drone strike launched late Wednesday night in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local media.

According to local media reports and sources in North Waziristan, the U.S. drones fired six missiles at a residential area in the village of Lataka in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan which borders Afghanistan.

Details about the killed are not immediately known. But most of the killed are believed to be militants hiding in the area.

Wednesday's strike is the eighth of its kind since October. So far a total of 65 people have reportedly been killed in the U.S. drones this month.

The special attention attached by the local media to the U.S. drone strikes is mainly based on the following two reasons: one, such strikes have violated the territory rights of Pakistan; two, many innocent people including children and women have also been mistakenly killed in such strikes.

Editor: Mu Xuequan

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