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July 21, 2014

U.S. Drone Kills 15 amid Pakistani Assault on North Waziristan 
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In Pakistan, a U.S. drone strike killed up to 15 people Saturday in the
village of Datta Khel in North Waziristan. It was the third U.S. strike
in the region in less than two weeks. The New York Times, citing local
residents and an anonymous official, said the dead were militants. On
Sunday, the Pakistani military bombed the Shawal Valley in North
Waziristan, killing 28 people it said were militants. According to
Reuters, an earlier bombing Friday killed 17 civilians, including six
children. The attacks are part of a Pakistani assault launched last
month after repeated U.S. urging. The military ordered all of the
population in North Waziristan to leave before the offensive, but some
families are too poor or sick to go.

 

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