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Pakistan is likely to become a more Islamist state and increasingly anti-American in the coming years, complicating U.S. efforts to win its support against Islamist militants, a report released on Tuesday said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60B01F20100112



Another US Attack in Pakistan Kills 20 People

At least one suspected U.S. drone fired on a house in Pakistan's volatile tribal region Sunday, killing 20 people in the 11th such attack since militants in the area orchestrated a deadly suicide bombing against the CIA in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.

http://snipurl.com/u42no



US attack in Pakistan kills 15 people

Missiles fired from American aircraft killed as many as 15 people in western Pakistan on Sunday, Pakistani security officials said, part of an increased campaign by the United States to use drones to kill militants.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/18/world/asia/18pstan.html



New US Attack in Pakistan kills another 6 people

A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles into Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing six militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

http://snipurl.com/u4oxu


From Information Clearing House

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Pakistan: Three die in suspected US drone attack

CNN

01/19/10

Three militants were killed Tuesday in a suspected U.S. drone strike on a compound near the Afghan border, officials told CNN. The drone fired two missiles about 6:30 p.m. local time on the compound in Daigan, a village in the Dattakhel area of North Waziristan, an intelligence official and a local government official said. The Dattakhel area has been the target of several drone attacks in recent months...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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