Us Drone 'kills Eight Militants' In Pakistan's North Waziristan

[Vikrant]

Drones are becoming quite a useful weapon in war against terror.

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Reports say two missiles hit a house and a car in the Shawal region late on Monday.

It is the fourth drone strike to hit the tribal area in the last two weeks. The latest attack was on Sunday when missiles killed at least five people.

The army launched an operation against militants in the area in June.

The region has long been used as shelter by Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants and has frequently been targeted by US drones.

Some reports say that the latest strike targeted a local Taliban commander but these reports could not be verified as journalists have no access to the area.

For almost a decade, American drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal belt have been deeply unpopular with the public.

Pakistani officials have publicly condemned the drone strikes saying they violate sovereignty, but correspondents say Pakistani officials tacitly endorsed these strikes for years.

BBC News - US drone kills eight militants in Pakistan s North Waziristan

 

[Vikrant]

Drone is at work: US drone kills 4 more terrorists in Pakistan.

US drone kills 4 militants in Pakistan - The Times of India

 

[ChrisL]

Drones are becoming quite a useful weapon in war against terror.

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Reports say two missiles hit a house and a car in the Shawal region late on Monday.

It is the fourth drone strike to hit the tribal area in the last two weeks. The latest attack was on Sunday when missiles killed at least five people.

The army launched an operation against militants in the area in June.

The region has long been used as shelter by Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants and has frequently been targeted by US drones.

Some reports say that the latest strike targeted a local Taliban commander but these reports could not be verified as journalists have no access to the area.

For almost a decade, American drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal belt have been deeply unpopular with the public.

Pakistani officials have publicly condemned the drone strikes saying they violate sovereignty, but correspondents say Pakistani officials tacitly endorsed these strikes for years.

BBC News - US drone kills eight militants in Pakistan s North Waziristan

It's better than putting our people in harm's way, IMO.

 

[Vikrant]

Drones are becoming quite a useful weapon in war against terror.

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Reports say two missiles hit a house and a car in the Shawal region late on Monday.

It is the fourth drone strike to hit the tribal area in the last two weeks. The latest attack was on Sunday when missiles killed at least five people.

The army launched an operation against militants in the area in June.

The region has long been used as shelter by Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants and has frequently been targeted by US drones.

Some reports say that the latest strike targeted a local Taliban commander but these reports could not be verified as journalists have no access to the area.

For almost a decade, American drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal belt have been deeply unpopular with the public.

Pakistani officials have publicly condemned the drone strikes saying they violate sovereignty, but correspondents say Pakistani officials tacitly endorsed these strikes for years.

BBC News - US drone kills eight militants in Pakistan s North Waziristan

It's better than putting our people in harm's way, IMO.

Absolutely, it is not worth risking even a scratch while taking out these scums.

 

[ChrisL]

Drones are becoming quite a useful weapon in war against terror.

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Reports say two missiles hit a house and a car in the Shawal region late on Monday.

It is the fourth drone strike to hit the tribal area in the last two weeks. The latest attack was on Sunday when missiles killed at least five people.

The army launched an operation against militants in the area in June.

The region has long been used as shelter by Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants and has frequently been targeted by US drones.

Some reports say that the latest strike targeted a local Taliban commander but these reports could not be verified as journalists have no access to the area.

For almost a decade, American drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal belt have been deeply unpopular with the public.

Pakistani officials have publicly condemned the drone strikes saying they violate sovereignty, but correspondents say Pakistani officials tacitly endorsed these strikes for years.

BBC News - US drone kills eight militants in Pakistan s North Waziristan

It's better than putting our people in harm's way, IMO.

Absolutely, it is not worth risking even a scratch while taking out these scums.

And I've read that they are quite precise, so it's so much different than bombing campaigns in the past, much more accurate with a lot less civilian casualties.

 

[Billo_Really]

Drones are becoming quite a useful weapon in war against terror.

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Reports say two missiles hit a house and a car in the Shawal region late on Monday.

It is the fourth drone strike to hit the tribal area in the last two weeks. The latest attack was on Sunday when missiles killed at least five people.

The army launched an operation against militants in the area in June.

The region has long been used as shelter by Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants and has frequently been targeted by US drones.

Some reports say that the latest strike targeted a local Taliban commander but these reports could not be verified as journalists have no access to the area.

For almost a decade, American drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal belt have been deeply unpopular with the public.

Pakistani officials have publicly condemned the drone strikes saying they violate sovereignty, but correspondents say Pakistani officials tacitly endorsed these strikes for years.

BBC News - US drone kills eight militants in Pakistan s North Waziristan

Drone strikes are state-sanctioned, American terrorism. The majority of drone deaths are innocent civilians.

Amnesty’s and other reports point to the reality that hundreds and hundreds of non-combatants are being killed by U.S. drones—not just a handful of people. Amnesty states, “According to NGO and Pakistan government sources the USA has launched some 330 to 374 drone strikes in Pakistan between 2004 and September 2013…according to these sources, between 400 and 900 civilians have been killed in these attacks and at least 600 people seriously injured.”

Anyone supporting them, is an inhuman scumbag

 

[Vikrant]

Drones are becoming quite a useful weapon in war against terror.

---

Reports say two missiles hit a house and a car in the Shawal region late on Monday.

It is the fourth drone strike to hit the tribal area in the last two weeks. The latest attack was on Sunday when missiles killed at least five people.

The army launched an operation against militants in the area in June.

The region has long been used as shelter by Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants and has frequently been targeted by US drones.

Some reports say that the latest strike targeted a local Taliban commander but these reports could not be verified as journalists have no access to the area.

For almost a decade, American drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal belt have been deeply unpopular with the public.

Pakistani officials have publicly condemned the drone strikes saying they violate sovereignty, but correspondents say Pakistani officials tacitly endorsed these strikes for years.

BBC News - US drone kills eight militants in Pakistan s North Waziristan

It's better than putting our people in harm's way, IMO.

Absolutely, it is not worth risking even a scratch while taking out these scums.

And I've read that they are quite precise, so it's so much different than bombing campaigns in the past, much more accurate with a lot less civilian casualties.

You are absolutely correct. They are very precise and since the pilot is in no real danger, he can take his time to verify the target before taking the shot. This minimizes the potential collateral damage. It is a perfect weapon to take out the scums.

 

[ChrisL]

Drones are becoming quite a useful weapon in war against terror.

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Reports say two missiles hit a house and a car in the Shawal region late on Monday.

It is the fourth drone strike to hit the tribal area in the last two weeks. The latest attack was on Sunday when missiles killed at least five people.

The army launched an operation against militants in the area in June.

The region has long been used as shelter by Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants and has frequently been targeted by US drones.

Some reports say that the latest strike targeted a local Taliban commander but these reports could not be verified as journalists have no access to the area.

For almost a decade, American drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal belt have been deeply unpopular with the public.

Pakistani officials have publicly condemned the drone strikes saying they violate sovereignty, but correspondents say Pakistani officials tacitly endorsed these strikes for years.

BBC News - US drone kills eight militants in Pakistan s North Waziristan

Drone strikes are state-sanctioned, American terrorism. The majority of drone deaths are innocent civilians.

Amnesty’s and other reports point to the reality that hundreds and hundreds of non-combatants are being killed by U.S. drones—not just a handful of people. Amnesty states, “According to NGO and Pakistan government sources the USA has launched some 330 to 374 drone strikes in Pakistan between 2004 and September 2013…according to these sources, between 400 and 900 civilians have been killed in these attacks and at least 600 people seriously injured.”

Anyone supporting them, is an inhuman scumbag

Just be happy it's not an A bomb, k?

 

[Vikrant]

More drone strikes.

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ISLAMABAD: A suspected US drone strike on a sprawling Taliban hideout in a northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan killed six militants on Tuesday, two intelligence officials said.

The officials said some suspects were also wounded when four missiles struck the compound in the town of Datta Khel in the North Waziristan tribal region. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The officials provided no further details and only said some foreigners were included among the dead.

North Waziristan was considered to be a strong base for local and foreign militants until June 15 when Pakistan's army launched a major operation there to eliminate those accused of orchestrating acts of terrorism in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan.

The Pakistani army says it has cleared the militants from more than 80 percent of the region.

US drone strikes are widely unpopular in Pakistan and are seen as a violation of national sovereignty. The US authorities have long used them to target militants in areas inaccessible to Pakistan's army. The latest drone strike came hours after two bombings and a militant attack on a checkpoint in Pakistan killed six people.

In the first attack, militants struck a security checkpoint in the northwestern Orakzai tribal region, killing three paramilitary soldiers, government official Naeem Khan said. He said other soldiers at the checkpoint chased and killed several militants.

Also Tuesday, a roadside bomb In the town of Salarzai in the northwestern Bajur tribal area killed two police officers who were preparing to supervise a polio vaccine campaign that begins Wednesday, government administrator Sohail Khan said. Militants oppose the campaign, alleging that western governments would use it to spy on insurgents after the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

Another bomb planted along a road in southwestern Quetta city exploded when a local court judge passed by, killing a boy and wounding 25, police officer Abdur Razzaq Cheema said.

US drone in northwest Pakistan kills 6 militants - The Times of India