Suspected US drone strike kills five in Pakistan

Suspected US drones fired two missiles into the tribal regions of Pakistan Saturday killing at least five militants.

The latest in a series of cross-border attacks carried out against the objections of the Pakistani government comes as a US report was released detailing the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

According to the report, al-Qaeda is leading a network composed of Pakistani and Kashmiri militants; Afghan Taliban, and Pakistani tribal groups. Al-Qaeda itself is composed mostly of Arabs but Central Asians including Uzbeks and Chechens are now playing a larger role.

Boston Globe

US Airstrike Said to Kill 5 in Pakistan New York Times - 28 minutes ago By REUTERS MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Residents of a Pakistani region regarded as a haven for Al Qaeda and the Taliban said that remotely piloted American aircraft fired two missiles on Saturday, killing at least five militants. Five killed in US missile attack in Pakistan Reuters Suspected US Missile Strike Kills At Least 3 in Pakistan Voice of America File photo shows US soldiers watching the launch of a pilotless spy drone. US pilotless spy planes on Sunday flew over a Pakistani tribal town bordering Afghanistan just hours after a missile strike killed at least four people, residents said. (AFP) Tribesmen gather at the site of a missile attack in Tappi, a village 20 km (12 miles) east of Miranshah, near the Afghan border October 10, 2008. A U.S. missile attack by a pilotless drone aircraft on Thursday killed at least six people, including 3 Arabs, in a Pakistani tribal region regarded as a safe haven for al Qaeda and Taliban militants, an intelligence official said. REUTERS/Haji Mujtaba (PAKISTAN) Tribesmen show parts of a missile at the site of a missile attack in the village of Tappim, 20 km (12 miles) east of Miranshah, near the Afghan border October 10, 2008. A U.S. missile attack by a pilotless drone aircraft on Thursday killed at least six people, including 3 Arabs, in a Pakistani tribal region regarded as a safe haven for al Qaeda and Taliban militants, an intelligence official said. REUTERS/Haji Mujtaba (PAKISTAN) Map of Pakistan locating North Waziristan, where a missile strike by suspected US spy drone killed at least eight militants, according to security officials Wedn