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Pakistan: Suspected US drone strikes kill seven rebels
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October 10, 2010
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Security officials in Pakistan have stated that "[a]t least seven
militants" have been killed by suspected US drone strikes. According to
reports, US aircraft fired four missiles in North Waziristan, which
killed seven or eight rebels and destroyed two cars parked outside a
building.

An intelligence official informed AFP that at least seven militants were
killed in the incident while three others were wounded. Two other
officials from Miranshah confirmed the reports. The identities of those
killed have not been confirmed. Officials said the area was a stronghold
of a rebel group headed by Hafiz Gul Bahadur, which regularly attacks
NATO officials in the country.

The first of the two attacks occurred when two missiles fired at a pair
of cars beside a camp located near Mir Ali, North Waziristan, killed six
people. The missiles destroyed a nearby compound as well as the vehicles
according to officials. Officials added that two suspected rebels were
killed by another drone which was fired near the bank of a river close
to the camp. These were the ninth and tenth drone strikes carried out in
the month of October. September had seen twenty one such strikes, which
was the highest number of monthly airstrikes in Pakistan.

== Sources == 
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11509536
* http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD9IOMTUG0?docId=D9IOMTUG0
* http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/us-drone-kills-seven-rebels-in-pakistan-20101010-16dsz.html