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Israel says Hamas has anti-aircraft missiles (AP)

October 18th, 2010

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian Hamas militants carry a mock coffin wrapped with an Israeli flag during a rally in the Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip. Gaza's Hamas rulers have obtained anti-aircraft missiles, Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, in a potentially game-changing development that could threaten the Israeli air force's ability to strike at the Islamic militant group. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)AP - Gaza’s Hamas rulers have obtained anti-aircraft missiles, Israel’s prime minister said Monday, in a potentially game-changing development that could threaten the Israeli air force’s ability to strike at…

Pakistani officials: Suspected US missiles kill 16 (AP)

October 2nd, 2010

A Pakistani border guard stands near Afghanistan-bound NATO trucks parked on the roadside in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Pakistan closed the Khyber Pass supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Thursday after a coalition helicopter attack mistakenly killed three Pakistani soldiers at a border post, raising tensions in a vital relationship for both Islamabad and Washington. (AP Photo/Qazi Rauf)AP - Two suspected American missile strikes killed 16 alleged militants in a northwestern Pakistani tribal region Saturday, intelligence officials said, a sign the U.S. is unwilling to stop using…

Suspected US missiles kill 14 in NW Pakistan (AP)

September 14th, 2010

A US 'Predator' drone passes overhead at a forward operating base near Kandahar in Afghanistan in January, 2009. A salvo of US missiles killed at least seven militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on the Afghan border Tuesday, the 10th such strike in 11 days, security officials said.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AP - Two suspected U.S. missile attacks hit alleged militant targets in a Pakistani tribal area on Tuesday, intelligence officials said, making recent weeks the most intense period of such…

Suspected US missiles kill 10 in NW Pakistan (AP)

September 14th, 2010

A US 'Predator' drone passes overhead at a forward operating base near Kandahar in Afghanistan in January, 2009. A salvo of US missiles killed at least seven militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on the Afghan border Tuesday, the 10th such strike in 11 days, security officials said.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AP - Suspected U.S. missiles hit a house in a Pakistani tribal area early Monday, killing 10 alleged militants in the 10th airstrike in the region this month, intelligence officials…

Suspected US missile strike kills 4 in NW Pakistan (AP)

August 28th, 2010

Pakistanis check relief supplies thrown from an Afghan Army helicopter as it hovers to deliver emergency food aid in a flooded area of Baluchistan Province, southern Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. The area, which is cut off by road due to heavy flooding, relies on food drops by the Pakistani Army humanitarian effort. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Suspected U.S. missiles struck two vehicles carrying militants in northwest Pakistan, killing four of them, intelligence officials said Saturday.


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Officials: Alleged US missiles kill 12 in Pakistan (AP)

August 14th, 2010

People celebrate Pakistan's Independence Day in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. This years ceremonies have been scaled down in response to the flooding that has affected an estimated 20 million citizens. (AP Photo/Hamza Ahmed)AP - Suspected U.S. missiles killed 12 people Saturday in a Pakistani tribal region filled with Islamist insurgents bent on pushing Western troops out of neighboring Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.


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Iran claims to have S-300 surface-to-air missiles (AP)

August 4th, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses expatriate Iranians in a televised speech in Tehran on August 2. The White House on Tuesday rebuffed a call from Ahmadinejad for face-to-face talks with his US counterpart Barack Obama, saying Tehran has not been serious about discussing its nuclear program.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AP - A semiofficial Iranian news agency says Iran has obtained four S-300 surface-to-air missiles despite Russia’s refusal to deliver them.


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US missiles kill 5 militants in NW Pakistan (AP)

July 25th, 2010

** RETRANSMISSION TO PROVIDE BETTER QUALITY ** In this photo taken on July 19, 2010, U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan When Hillary offered Pakistan help this week in exporting mangos to the US for the first time in a bid to dampen anti-American sentiment, it marked the latest chapter in the fruits' curious history of diplomacy and intrigue in the region. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - Unmanned U.S. aircraft fired four missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing five suspected militants in the second drone strike in as many days, intelligence…

US missiles kill 16 militants in NW Pakistan (AP)

July 24th, 2010

A US Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile is seen on the tarmac. A US drone on Saturday fired four missiles into a compound used by Islamist fighters in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, killing at least 11 militants, according to security officials.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - Intelligence officials say U.S. missiles have killed 16 suspected militants in Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal region.


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Pakistan officials: Suspected US missiles kill 3 (AP)

June 27th, 2010

Pakistani children, at a slum in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - Suspected U.S. missiles struck a militant compound in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least three people in an area teeming with Taliban and al-Qaida fighters who often…

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