U.S. aircraft kills dozens in Pakistan

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

At least 15 people were killed in the attack aircraft, unmanned (drones) belonging to the United States in the region of North Waziristan, Pakistan kekabilahan, Pakistani officials said.

They told the news agency the Associated Press that the attack occurred in the area of Shawal Afghanistan not far from the border.

United States State of North Waziristan is a nest of some groups of militants involved in attacks on Nato forces in Afghanistan.

Officials said the planes that fired the five unmanned missiles, and destroy the complex those militants who built such as the castle in the village of Zoi.

A vehicle in the same area reportedly also hit by a missile shot.

Local officials said the death toll may still be growing.

They say, people who were killed were militants, however affiliate Group remains unclear.

Media barred from entry into the area and reports from there impossible be confirmed independently.

A BBC reporter in Islamabad, m. Ilyas Khan, said the region was controlled by the militants from the Group and the Haqqani network led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur.

U.S. Army unmanned aircraft fleet deployed in the conflict in Afghanistan.

Mountainous Shawal is the area between the North and South Waziristan kesekuan.

North Waziristan have often become targets of attack aircraft, unmanned in the last few months.

Meanwhile, four of five similar attacks aiming target in South Waziristan. A prominent al-Qaida in Pakistan, Ilyas Kashmiri, was reportedly killed in U.s. attack there in a few days ago.

Monday, three unmanned aircraft strikes killed at least 18 people in South Waziristan.

Those militants vowed to avenge the death of Ilyas Kashmiri, and also Osama bin Laden last month.

The United States is not always confirmed that they had launched an attack aircraft, unmanned, but among analysts said US military forces only have the ability to launch similar attacks in the region.

More than 100 attacks were reported last year in inland areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border

Many militants, some as a senior, was killed in the attack on pesawak robotic. However, hundreds of civilians were injured in the same serangang.

The attack was condemned by Pakistan is hard.

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China make sure are building aircraft carrier

The former aircraft carrier Varyag, Ukraine will become the carrier of Chinese pertamaKepala of staff of the Chinese people's Liberation Army (PLA) confirmed that the Chinese central building their first aircraft carrier.
General Chen Bingde refused to say when the carriers can be operated. This is a modification of the ship, the aircraft carrier Varyag in the Soviet era belongs to Ukraine.
A member of his staff said the aircraft carrier it would not be a threat to any country.
The ship was built at the port of Dalian, Northeast China is one of the projects that are not successfully concealed the Chinese Government.
General Chen issued this statement in the newspaper, Hong Kong Commercial Daily.
PLA, the world's largest army, very tight secrecy their defense programs.
Ships with a length of 300 metres is almost complete and expected to start doing test cruise this year.
However the BBC correspondent in Beijing, Michael Bristow said, that doesn't mean she will be immediately ready to perform the task.
Learn how to operate the former aircraft carrier Ukraine and then flew from it, according to a BBC correspondent, may need a few more years.
Lieutenant General Qi Jiangua, Assistant Chief of staff said a newspaper Commercial Daily, even if the carrier is used, the ship was "it's certainly not going to sail into the territorial waters of other countries".
"All great Nations in the world have their own carrier, it is a symbol of the keberasan of a nation," said Qi as quoted by the newspaper.
China currently has its border problems with some neighboring countries. But Lt. Gen. Qi said China has always followed the principles of "survive" for his military strategies.
"It would be better for us if we act more quickly in the understanding of the ocean and map our maritime capabilities it early," said Qi Jianghua.
"We now face enormous pressure on some of the ocean, whether it is in the South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea or the Straits of Taiwan," said Qi Juanghua refer to the contested waters-waters of China with neighboring countries.

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