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MIRANSHAH/ WANA: A total of 33 people, majority of them foreigners, were killed in two separate U.S. drone strikes in Pak-Afghan bordering areas of North and South Waziristan late Friday.
In the first attack two missiles were fired that destroyed a vehicle and a house in Mir Ali, a town in the troubled North Waziristan tribal region that is a known hub of Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, sources said.
The attack came just two days after Pakistan, a key ally in the US-led "war on terror", summoned Washington's ambassador to Islamabad to receive a strong protest over a number of similar strikes.
The latest targeted an Al-Qaeda operative, possibly an Iraqi, but officials citing local intelligence reports said he was not believed to be among the dead.
Officials gave the targeted militant's name as Abu Akasa Al-Iraqi. Local residents said the strike hit the house of a Pakistani tribesman named Amanullah Dawar.
In another attack two missiles were fired, killing seven persons, including six foreigners.
The missiles were fired on a house of tribesman named Faz-e-Haq in Dhok area of Wana, destroying the house completely.
According to Arab TV Qari Tahir Yaldelshev, an al-Qaeda commander, was the target of the attack.
The attack killed six foreigners besides a local tribesman.
Three U.S. drones were seen in the sky at the time of the attack, sources said. |
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