Pakistan claims US missiles kill 25
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April 23, 2011, Saturday
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US drones fired a volley of missiles into a militant-held Pakistani region close to the Afghan border yesterday, killing 25 people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
The strike came a day after Pakistan's army chief denounced such attacks, and could further sour deteriorating relations between Washington and Islamabad.
Ten missiles hit a house in Spinwam village in North Waziristan, a region home to Taliban militants targeting American and NATO troops just across the border in Afghanistan. Three children and two women were believed to be among the dead.
America has been regularly firing missiles into the border region for two and a half years, but does not formally acknowledge the CIA-run program. US officials rarely comment on specific strikes but have said in general terms that they accurately hit militants.
The attacks have long been a source of tension between the two allies, at least on the surface.
Pakistan's army and political leadership has always publicly condemned the missile attacks. But ties have sunk to new lows this year after an American CIA contractor in January shot and killed two Pakistanis he said were trying to rob him.
The strike came a day after Pakistan's army chief denounced such attacks, and could further sour deteriorating relations between Washington and Islamabad.
Ten missiles hit a house in Spinwam village in North Waziristan, a region home to Taliban militants targeting American and NATO troops just across the border in Afghanistan. Three children and two women were believed to be among the dead.
America has been regularly firing missiles into the border region for two and a half years, but does not formally acknowledge the CIA-run program. US officials rarely comment on specific strikes but have said in general terms that they accurately hit militants.
The attacks have long been a source of tension between the two allies, at least on the surface.
Pakistan's army and political leadership has always publicly condemned the missile attacks. But ties have sunk to new lows this year after an American CIA contractor in January shot and killed two Pakistanis he said were trying to rob him.
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