Four suspected insurgents were killed Friday, May 20 in U.S. drone attack that destroyed a vehicle in a tribal area of northwest Pakistan. The attack took place in Tappi, about ten kilometers east of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan, a stronghold of Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. "A U.S.
drone that targeted a vehicle of insurgents fired two missiles, killing four insurgents," said one security official, who requested anonymity. Another local official confirmed the attack, adding that the identities of the victims were not known at this time. It was the seventh reported U.S.
drone attack in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan since an American helicopter-borne commando was killed on May 2 last Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, a garrison city in two hours road from Islamabad. These tribal areas of Northwest Washington considers "the most dangerous region of the world", is the stronghold of Pakistani Taliban and the main sanctuary in the world of Al Qaeda.
It is also the basis behind the Afghan Taliban, the Haqqani network in particular, bete noire of American soldiers, who comprise two thirds of international forces in Afghanistan. Begun in 2004, the campaign drones CIA has sharply increased since the summer of 2008, and the bursts became almost daily in recent months.
In 2010, a hundred shots were over 670 deaths, according to military officials, including an undetermined number of civilians. The Pakistani parliament has demanded the U.S. stop these attacks. On Friday, former cricket star Imran Khan, who heads an opposition party, has in turn called on his supporters to stage a sit-in at the port of Karachi in the south, to block supplies to NATO.
"This will be our symbolic protest against the American atrocities against our innocent citizens," he told a news conference. 
drone that targeted a vehicle of insurgents fired two missiles, killing four insurgents," said one security official, who requested anonymity. Another local official confirmed the attack, adding that the identities of the victims were not known at this time. It was the seventh reported U.S.
drone attack in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan since an American helicopter-borne commando was killed on May 2 last Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, a garrison city in two hours road from Islamabad. These tribal areas of Northwest Washington considers "the most dangerous region of the world", is the stronghold of Pakistani Taliban and the main sanctuary in the world of Al Qaeda.
It is also the basis behind the Afghan Taliban, the Haqqani network in particular, bete noire of American soldiers, who comprise two thirds of international forces in Afghanistan. Begun in 2004, the campaign drones CIA has sharply increased since the summer of 2008, and the bursts became almost daily in recent months.
In 2010, a hundred shots were over 670 deaths, according to military officials, including an undetermined number of civilians. The Pakistani parliament has demanded the U.S. stop these attacks. On Friday, former cricket star Imran Khan, who heads an opposition party, has in turn called on his supporters to stage a sit-in at the port of Karachi in the south, to block supplies to NATO.
"This will be our symbolic protest against the American atrocities against our innocent citizens," he told a news conference.
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