Suspected US missile strike kills four militants in Pakistan

September 30th, 2009 Officials: Missile strike kills 6 in NW PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A missile killed six Taliban fighters in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, intelligence officials said, apparently the latest strike in a covert U.S. program that American officials are considering intensifying.

August 21st, 2009 Officials: US missile strike kills 7 in PakistanISLAMABAD — A suspected missile attack early Friday destroyed a militant hideout in northwest Pakistan, killing at least seven people, two intelligence officials said. The officials said some people also were wounded when the two missiles hit a compound in the village of Dande Darpa Khel, near Miran Shah in troubled tribal region of North Waziristan.

August 5th, 2009 Missile kills relatives of Pakistani Taliban chiefISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike destroyed the home of a close relative of top Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in a volatile tribal region, killing two people early Wednesday, two intelligence officials said.

July 10th, 2009 Suspected US missile strike kills 3 in NW PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a Taliban communication center in the country's northwest late Friday, killing at least three people and wounding three more, intelligence officials said.

July 8th, 2009 Pakistani army: Militant leader in Swat woundedISLAMABAD — A Pakistani army spokesman says the leader of the Taliban in the Swat Valley has been wounded in an airstrike. The spokesman said Wednesday "credible information" showed Maulana Fazlullah had been hit.

July 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike on a Taliban bastion in north-western Pakistan killed at least eight militants Wednesday, an intelligence official said. Six missiles fired allegedly by US Predator drones at around 1.30 a.m.

May 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike Friday killed at least 12 people in a restive north-western Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border, an intelligence official said. About a dozen people were also injured when two missiles were fired from a suspected US pilotless aircraft and hit a house in Dande Darpa Khel near Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal district, the official said.

May 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike Tuesday in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan killed at least eight people, officials and media reports said. Multiple missiles fired by US pilotless aircraft struck a house in the Sara Khawra village of the South Waziristan district, a known enclave of Al Qaeda and Taliban militants.

April 29th, 2009 Suspected US missile kills 5 in PakistanMIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected U.S missile struck a Pakistani militant stronghold near the Afghan border late Monday, killing five people, officials and a resident said. The missile hit a compound in Machi Khel village in the North Waziristan tribal area — a region home to Taliban and Taliban-affiliated militant groups, some of which are suspected in attacks on Western troops stationed in Afghanistan.

April 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike in Pakistan's troubled South Waziristan tribal district near Afghan border Sunday killed at least three people, officials said. Two missiles, believed to have been fired from a US-operated Predator drone, hit a house in Gangikhel village, just outside the district's main town of Wana.

April 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike in Pakistan's troubled South Waziristan tribal district near Afghan border Sunday killed at least three people, an intelligence official said. Missiles believed to have been fired from a US-operated Predator drone hit a suspected militant hideout in Gangikhel village, just outside the district's main town of Wana.

April 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike killed four Taliban militants Wednesday in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, an intelligence official said. Two back-to-back missiles fired by a pilotless drone aircraft hit a vehicle in Ganjikhel area of South Waziristan tribal district, a stronghold of Taliban and Al Qaeda militants launching cross-border attacks on US-led international forces in Afghanistan.

April 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike killed 12 Taliban militants Wednesday in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. Two missiles believed to have been fired by a US drone hit a compound in Khadezai village of the Orakzai Agency, one of seven semi-autonomous tribal districts known to serve as sanctuaries for Al-Qaeda and Taliban rebels.

March 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least four militants were killed Thursday in a suspected US missile strike in Pakistan's north-western tribal region near Afghanistan, an intelligence official said. Two missiles believed to have been fired from a US pilotless aircraft hit a house in Mir Ali area of the North Waziristan tribal district, destroying the structure.

March 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike in Pakistan's troubled northwestern tribal region near Afghanistan killed at least seven Al Qaeda-linked militants Wednesday, a security official said. The attack took place in the Makeen area in the South Waziristan tribal district, a known stronghold of Al Qaeda and Taliban militants.