12 killed in US missile strikes in South Waziristan
Posted by musliminsuffer on March 3, 2009
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=== News Update ===
12 killed in US missile strikes in South Waziristan
Monday March 02, 2009 (0713 PST)
PESHAWAR: Two missiles, fired by a US spy plane, killed 12 people and injured three others in the South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Sunday.
Sources said two missiles were fired by a drone at around 4:00 pm that hit a house in Ganra Haibatkhel village of Sararogha Tehsil, a stronghold of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. The house was destroyed in the attack, leaving 12 people dead. The three injured were rushed to a private clinic.
Tribal sources said dozens of militants arrived there and took control of the area besides surrounding the targeted house. They retrieved the bodies and the injured from the rubble. Tribal sources said some of the victims’ bodies had been disfigured beyond recognition.
Locals said all those killed and injured were native tribesmen. However, the sources claimed that foreign citizens were also among the dead. “Some of the victims were foreigners belonging to the Central Asian States,” they added. Political administration officials confirmed the missile attack, but said they were investigating the incident and declined to comment on the identity of the victims.
source: http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?212057
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