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December 27, 2010

45 Killed in Bombing at WFP Site in Pakistan 
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In Pakistan, a suicide attack on a World Food Program distribution
center has killed 45 people and left tens of thousands without food aid.
The attack came in the district of Bajaur, where some 300,000 have
recently returned after being displaced by U.S.-backed Pakistani
operations against Taliban forces.

In other news from Pakistan, at least 18 people were killed in a
suspected U.S. drone strike earlier today. The attack came in the North
Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border. According to the
Washington Post, the CIA has carried out at least 112 drone strikes in
Pakistan this year. Earlier this month, the U.S. recalled the CIA
station chief in Pakistan, Jonathan Banks, after a Pakistani journalist
revealed Banks' identity in a lawsuit over a fatal drone strike. The
journalist, Kareem Khan, is seeking millions in compensation for the
killing of his 18-year-old son and brother.



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