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Suspected US Drones Kill 6 in Pakistan

   VOA News 28 December 2010

   Pakistani  intelligence officials say two suspected U.S. drone strikes
   have  killed  at  least  six  people in Pakistan's northwestern tribal
   region.
   The  officials  said  the  first  attack Tuesday struck a house in the
   North  Waziristan region near the Afghan border, killing at least four
   militants.
   A short time later, officials say the second attack hit the same site,
   killing at least two more people.
   The  area is a stronghold for Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaida militants
   who  carry  out  cross-border  attacks against U.S.-led NATO forces in
   Afghanistan.   The  United  States  does not confirm drone attacks on
   Pakistan-based  militants,  but  is  the  only  nation  operating  the
   unmanned aircraft in the region.
   Tuesday's  strikes  followed  a  similar  attack  a  day  earlier that
   officials said killed 18 insurgents.
   The  officials  said  Monday  drones  fired  six  missiles  into North
   Waziristan's Mir Ali district, hitting two vehicles and a building.
   Suspected  U.S. drones have carried out about 100 strikes in Pakistani
   border regions this year, more than double last year's figure.

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