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Suspected US Drone Strikes Kill 22 in Pakistan

   VOA News  April 22, 2011
   Pakistani protesters belonging to United Citizen Action shout anti-US
   slogans during a protest in Multan against the US drone attacks in
   Pakistani tribal areas, April 22, 2011

Photo: AFP

   Pakistani protesters belonging to United Citizen Action shout anti-US
   slogans during a protest in Multan against the US drone attacks in
   Pakistani tribal areas, April 22, 2011

   Pakistani officicals say suspected U.S. drones fired at least four
   missiles at a house in a tribal region near the Afghan border, killing
   at least 22 people.
   Authorities say the attack Friday targeted a house believed to be a
   militant hideout in northwest Pakistan, about 35 kilometers from
   Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan.
   Officials believe many Taliban and al-Qaida members live in the area
   and use it to stage attacks inside Afghanistan.
   On Thursday, the head of Pakistan's army, General Ashfaq Kayani,
   repeated Islamabad's objections to drone missile strikes against
   suspected militant targets in Pakistan, saying they undermine
   Pakistan's own efforts and are unpopular with its people.
   U.S. officials do not acknowledge the missile strikes from unmanned
   aircraft in Pakistan
   Kayani also rejected U.S. suggestions that Islamabad is not doing
   enough in the war on terrorism.
   Admiral Mike Mullen, the top U.S. military official, visited Islamabad
   this week and accused members of Pakistan's intelligence agency of
   having ties with insurgents in the northwest tribal belt.
   Seperately, a militant attack on a checkpoint in the northwest killed
   at least 14 security troops. The attack occurred the Kharkai area of
   Lower Dir.

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