Nearly fifty people have been killed in separate US assassination drone
strikes in Somalia, Pakistan's northwestern tribal region bordering
Afghanistan and Yemen in a single day.
On Thursday, 13 people were killed and several others were injured when the
US military launched an attack using a remote-controlled unmanned aerial
vehicle on the outskirts of Bilis Qooqaani town, which is located 448
kilometers (278 miles) southwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
The US also launched drone strikes on the outskirts of Afmadow city,
situated in the middle of the Juba region and 620 kilometers (385 miles)
south of Mogadishu, on Thursday. At least 25 people were killed in the
aerial attack.
In addition, six people were killed in a non-UN-sanctioned US drone attack
on Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region near the border with
Afghanistan.
According to Pakistani officials, two unmanned aircraft fired six missiles
at a vehicle traveling through Tura Gula village in the Azam Warsak area on
Thursday.
Three people were also killed in attacks carried out by unmanned US aircraft
in southern Yemen on Thursday.
A Yemeni government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that
the drone strikes targeted Shaqra village in Abyan Province. He added that
six people were also injured in the aerial attacks.
The US says its remote-controlled unmanned drones only target militants.
However, reports have shown that most of the people killed in the drone
strikes are civilians.
MP/JR
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