US goes after Mehsud, drone strike kills 8
Monday, March 2, 2009 at 2:03 am
The government of Pakistan may have bougt a truce with the Taliban militia, bit the United States is gunning them down.
The United States has struck at the heart of Tehrik-e-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud’s camp near Sarorogha village in the South Waziristan’s tribal region, killing atleast eight people, fifth such attack after Barack Obama took over as American President.
The area is known as a safe haven for al-Qaeda militants and is along the Paksitan-Afghanistan border.
Two missiles fired by a suspected US drone hit a compound in Sararogha, in tribal South Waziristan region, killing at least eight suspected militants, the News quoting officials reported.
The strike took place apparently targeting Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud who is also a suspect in the assassination of PPP leader Benazir Bhutto.
At least 30 people, including a top Afghan Taliban commander, were killed on February 16 as US drones had targeted a militant hideout in Pakistan’s restive Kurram tribal region.
At least 32 people, most of them foreign nationals, had been killed on February 14 in a drone missile strike by a US in a Pakistani tribal region.
It was also the fifth drone attack in the tribal belt since new US President Barack Obama assumed office on Januray 20. The region, bordering Afghanistan, is a known haven for Taliban and Al-Qaeda extremists.
(Agencies)
( This post is from an independent writer. The opinions and views expressed herein are those of the author and are not endorsed by APakistanNews.Com.)
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