SOMALINET NEWS ...Archives
PAKISTAN: 10 KILLED AS US MISSILE STRIKE IN PAKISTAN November 7, 2008
(SomaliNet) At least ten people have been killed in Pakistan in a United States missile strike, Pakistani officials said.
Reports say the attack targeted a house thought to be an Al-Qaeda hide-out in the tribal area of Waziristan. All of the victims are reportedly foreign militants.
The tribal regions near the Afghan border are a hub of Taliban operatives.
A series of recent strikes against alleged Al-Qaeda and Taliban hide-outs have raised tensions between the U.S government in Washington and Islamabad following numerous protests by the Pakistani government.-Agencies