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January 13, 2010

16 Killed in US Drone Attack in Afghanistan
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NATO, meanwhile, has announced it killed sixteen people this week in a
rare drone attack inside Afghanistan. NATO says the victims were all
militants based in southern Afghanistan. In an interview with the Wall
Street Journal, a “senior US military official” said he expects an
escalation of drone attacks inside Afghanistan in the coming months. The
top US oversight investigator in Afghanistan has revealed only
one-fourth of current corruption probes involve strictly Afghan
suspects. The investigator, Raymond Di Nunzio, says the remaining
three-quarters involve at least one Western suspect.



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