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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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Pakistanis flee region ahead of offensive
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Streams of civilians jammed into
cars and trucks to flee the militant stronghold of South Waziristan
as the government pounded the area with air strikes ahead of an
expected ground offensive against the Taliban along Pakistan's
border with Afghanistan.
Early Thursday, a suspected U.S. missile strike hit neighboring
North Waziristan, killing four alleged militants as the Americans,
too, kept up pressure on insurgents in Pakistan's lawless tribal
belt, intelligence officials said.
Bombing runs over suspected militant hide-outs have sharply
increased in recent days after a string of bloody attacks on
military and civilian ...