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US drone strike kills five militants in Pakistan: officials Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 28, 2010 A US missile strike targeting two militant compounds Tuesday killed five rebels in Pakistan's restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan, local security officials said.
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Obama's other 'surge': US drone war in Pakistan Washington (AFP) Dec 23, 2010 As the United States pressed ahead with a grinding campaign in Afghanistan in 2010, President Barack Obama dramatically escalated another war across the border in Pakistan, using robotic planes to pound Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants. The effect of the expanding covert war remains unclear and some skeptics have warned civilian casualties from the strikes could ultimately feed extremism in Pa ... read more |
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