Soldiers of Pakistan's army walk past damaged houses in Loisam town in the Bajaur tribal region, on October 25. A Taliban commander and at least 15 others have died in a suspected US missile strike on a militant training camp in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, officials have said.(AFP/Pool/File/Emilio Morenatti)
Pakistan: Suspected US Strike Kills Up to 20
-- Time Magazine
-- Time Magazine
(DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan) — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed up to 20 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said, the latest salvo in an intensifying assault on militant hide-outs near the Afghan border.
The reported strike occurred in the South Waziristan region, part of Pakistan's wild border zone that is considered a possible hiding place for Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri.
In other violence in Pakistan's frontier zone, a car bomb killed two people in Quetta and a suicide attacker demolished a checkpoint, injuring eight police and troops.
Missile strikes into Pakistan's border region have escalated sharply amid complaints from American commanders that Pakistani forces are not putting enough pressure on militant strongholds on their territory.
U.S. military and CIA drones that patrol the frontier region are believed to have carried out at least 15 strikes since August. The United States rarely confirms or denies involvement.
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My Comment: These strikes are becoming a regular event.