CIA drone attacks kill six people in northwest Pakistan
Sat, 2010-01-02 05:23 — editor
By Farzana Shah-Asian Tribune Correspondent in Pakistan
Peshawar, 02 January, (Asiantribune.com):
CIA Drone
About three people were killed when missiles from a US drone hit a car Friday in Pakistan's tribal region of North Waziristan.
The second attack in two days by a drone aircraft struck a vehicle carrying suspected militants in Ghundikala village, 15 kilometres east of Miramshah, the main town of North Waziristan, close to the Afghan border.
The security officials say that those killed were militants, however it could not be confirmed neither it was ascertained whether any high value target was present in the area when the attack took place.
Earlier a US drone attack killed four militants in Machikhel village, about 25 kilometres east of Miramshah, after which officials suggested some of the dead were Al-Qaeda operatives.
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