U.S. Airstrike in Pakistan Misses Al-Qaeda Chief

(Sunday Times-UK) Christina Lamb - An American airstrike targeting Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda mastermind, killed 22 Pakistani villagers, according to senior Pakistani officials. On Friday, CIA-operated Predator drones circled the village of Damadola in the Bajaur area in northwest Pakistan before launching four Hellfire missiles, razing three houses to the ground.


2006-01-16 00:00:00

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