US drone fires missile in Pakistan, 13 dead
Sunday, 5 April 2009
PESHAWAR, April 4 (Reuters): A pilotless US drone aircraft fired a missile in northwest Pakistan Saturday, killing 13 people including some foreign militants, security officials and residents said.
Hours later, Pakistani Taliban militant leader Baitullah Mehsud claimed responsibility for a shooting at a US immigration centre in New York in which a gunman killed 13 people, saying it was revenge for US drone attacks in Pakistan.
US officials were not immediately available for comment about Mehsud's claim, but Pakistani security analysts dismissed it as a publicity stunt.
The New York Times quoted representative Maurice Hinchey, whose district includes the town of Binghamton in New York state where the shooting took place, as saying indications were the gunman was an immigrant from Vietnam.
Hours later, Pakistani Taliban militant leader Baitullah Mehsud claimed responsibility for a shooting at a US immigration centre in New York in which a gunman killed 13 people, saying it was revenge for US drone attacks in Pakistan.
US officials were not immediately available for comment about Mehsud's claim, but Pakistani security analysts dismissed it as a publicity stunt.
The New York Times quoted representative Maurice Hinchey, whose district includes the town of Binghamton in New York state where the shooting took place, as saying indications were the gunman was an immigrant from Vietnam.