Drone attacks pound northern Pakistan, killing 13 in two days

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan ? A flurry of drone attacks pounded northern Pakistan over the weekend, killing 13 people in three separate attacks, officials and witnesses said Sunday.

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The attacks came as Pakistanis celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan with the festival of Eid al-Fitr.

A drone killed five people and injured two others in North Waziristan early Sunday, an intelligence official said. He said the death toll was based on intercepted conversations among the militants.

Later Sunday, another drone attack killed two people and injured two others near the site of the previous attack, two intelligence officials said.

Saturday, a drone attack killed six people and injured two others. The dead were local Taliban and fighters from the southern province of Punjab, security officials and a tribal source said.

Drone strikes are controversial in Pakistan, where many politicians condemn them as a violation of sovereignty. But the U.S. sees them as a key tool in the fight against terrorism.

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Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48717949/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

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