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Suspected US missile strikes kill 15 in northwestern Pakistan
Pakistani intelligence officials say US missiles struck a training facility allegedly operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant hide-out, killing 15 people and wounding 27 others.
- AP
- Published: 08:57 July 3, 2009
Islamabad: Pakistani intelligence officials say US missiles struck a training facility allegedly operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant hide-out, killing 15 people and wounding 27 others.
Two officials said the two attacks took place Friday in South Waziristan, a Mehsud stronghold close to the Afghan border.
They were the latest in more than 40 such strikes by the United States against militant targets in the border area since last August. Washington does not directly acknowledge being responsible for the attacks, which kill civilians as well as militants.
The strikes came as the Pakistani military prepares for its own offensive in South Waziristan to eliminate Mehsud, who has been blamed for a string of deadly suicide attacks across the country in the past month.
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