Unlike the Bush administration President Obama has not shied away from going after members of the Taliban or Al Qaida using unmanned Drones. Attacks have been launched not only in Afghanistan but have crossed over into Pakistan as well.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A US missile strike killed seven militants in Pakistan's tribal district of Khyber on Thursday, local security officials said, in an apparent expansion of America's covert drone campaign. The United States does not as a rule confirm drone attacks, but its military and the Central Intelligence Agency operating in Afghanistan are the only forces that deploy the aircraft in the region. Washington considers Pakistan's lawless tribal belt the global headquarters of Al-Qaeda and says eliminating the militant threat is vital to winning the nine-year war against the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Notice how all those killed are always militants without any independent confirmation.
US drone attacks kill 15 in Pakistan
Missile strikes part of CIA-led covert war targeting Taliban and al-Qaida militants near border with Afghanistan
Two American missile attacks killed 15 people in a region in north-west Pakistan that has seen few such strikes in the past, Pakistani officials said. The strikes today are an apparent expansion of the CIA-led covert war inside the country.
The strikes took place in two villages of the Tirah Valley in the Khyber region, the Pakistani intelligence and government officials said. The same valley, which is known to be home to militants, was hit last night in another US attack.
The two intelligence and two government officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
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