US drone attack kills 6 at religious Pakistan seminary

A suspected U.S. drone attack early Thursday on a religious seminary believed to be linked to the ruthless Haqqani insurgent network killed at least six people and wounded eight, according to police and witnesses.

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Residents of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said the drone fired four missiles at the hardline Taleem-ul-Quran seminary in the garrison town of Thall at around 7 a.m., destroying two of the institutions' mud-built walls. The seminary is run by Qari Noor Ullah, a religious leader affiliated with the Haqqani group, and is located near a major Pakistan army garrison.

It was not immediately clear who the target was and whether he or they were hit. News reports, citing unnamed security officials, said the dead included Mufti Ahmad Jan and Mufti Hameedullah, both members of the Haqqani network. The seminary is in a northwest area populated by Afghan refugees who account for the vast majority of its 150 students, locals said.

U.S. drone strikes are controversial in Pakistan, and this was one of the rare attacks to take place in “settled Pakistan” since the program started in 2004. Most take place in the nation’s largely lawless tribal areas. During a meeting in Washington in October, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged President Obama to end the strikes.

“The latest drone strike is a clear indication that America will not hesitate to carry out such attacks in Islamabad, Lahore or Peshawar,” said provincial information secretary Israrullah Khan Advocate, a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami party in the ruling coalition.

Many Pakistanis believe drone attacks kill an unacceptable number of innocent civilians and are an insult to the nation’s pride and sovereignty. But analysts say parts of the Pakistani government have quietly supported the CIA-led program, providing targeting and other key intelligence, even as they decry it in public.

More: http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-drone-pakistan-seminary-20131121,0,52940.story?track=rss
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US drone attack kills 6 at religious Pakistan seminary

US drone attack kills 6 at religious Pakistan seminary

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