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Germany not ID’ing 5 militants killed in Pakistan (AP)

October 5th, 2010

A police officer with a dog, patrols a central London train station, Monday Oct. 4, 2010. Britain's Foreign Office has upgraded its travel advice for France and Germany, warning Britons going to those countries that the threat of terrorism there is high. Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May said that the threat of terrorism in the U.K. remains unchanged at 'severe,' meaning an attack is highly likely. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - BERLIN — German officials were tightlipped Tuesday about details surrounding a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan’s rugged mountain border area that Pakistani officials say killed five German militants.


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US strike kills 5 German militants in Pakistan (AP)

October 4th, 2010

A soldier patrols at Gare du Nord train station in Paris, Monday, Oct.4, 2010. Japan issued a travel alert for Europe on Monday, joining the United States and Britain in warning of a possible terrorist attack by al-Qaida or other groups, but tourists appeared to be taking the mounting warnings in stride. At right is a board signaling security measures. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - An American missile strike killed five German militants Monday in the rugged Pakistan border area where a cell of Germans and Britons at the heart of the U.S.…

Japan warns about Europe terror; tourists are calm (AP)

October 4th, 2010

A police officer with a dog, patrols a central London train station, Monday Oct. 4, 2010. Britain's Foreign Office has upgraded its travel advice for France and Germany, warning Britons going to those countries that the threat of terrorism there is high. Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May said that the threat of terrorism in the U.K. remains unchanged at 'severe,' meaning an attack is highly likely. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Japan and Sweden joined the U.S. and Britain on Monday in warning citizens about traveling in Europe because of concerns about a terror attack. Pakistani intelligence officials said…

Intel: 2nd alleged US missile strike hits Pakistan (AP)

October 2nd, 2010

Pakistani men carry their belongings on their heads as they cross a flooded area in Johi village, Dadu district in Pakistan's Sindh province Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Intelligence officials say a second suspected U.S. missile strike has killed four people in a northwestern Pakistan tribal area.


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Officials: Suspected US strike kills 3 in Pakistan (AP)

October 2nd, 2010

Pakistani flood affected residents pass by the still smoldering oil trucks in Shikarpur, southern Pakistan on Friday Oct. 1, 2010. Suspected militants set ablaze at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, police said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - A suspected American missile strike killed three people in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, two intelligence officials said, the latest in an unprecedented surge of such assaults on alleged…

Official: Germans, Brits behind Europe terror plot (AP)

September 30th, 2010

AP - A Pakistani intelligence official says eight Germans and two British brothers are behind a recent terror plot against European cities, and one of the Britons died in a…

Missile strike kills 4 militants in NW Pakistan (AP)

September 25th, 2010

A group of Pakistani students hold a rally to condemn the verdict against alleged al-Qaida suspect Aafia Siddique, in Bannu, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Siddique, a U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist convicted of trying to kill U.S. agents and military officers in Afghanistan, was sentenced Thursday to 86 years in prison. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammmad)AP - Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed four alleged militants in northwestern Pakistan.


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Officials: Airstrike kills 4 militants in Pakistan (AP)

September 12th, 2010

A MQ-9 Predator B, an Unmaned Aircraft System, at a ceremony to celebrate the authorization from the FAA to use the aircraft to patrol the Texas-Mexico land border, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike early Sunday killed at least four associates of a warlord who is fighting Western troops in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.


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Officials: Airstrike kills 3 militants in Pakistan (AP)

September 12th, 2010

A flood victim boy points his toy gun at a baby in a hammock as they play inside their family tent during Eid-al-Fitr celebrations while taking refuge in a relief camp in Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province September 11, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike early Sunday killed at least three suspected associates of a warlord who is fighting Western troops in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.


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4th US missile in 24 hrs in Pakistan kills 5 (AP)

September 9th, 2010

File photo of a US Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile on the tarmac of Kandahar military airport. A US missile strike on a militant compound in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border killed 10 rebels on Wednesday, local security officials said.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - A suspected American missile strike killed five alleged militants in northwestern Pakistan early Thursday, an intelligence official said, the fourth such attack in 24 hours.


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