US Planes Kill 16 People in Pakistan

At least 16 people died Saturday during an air raid launched by US drones against an alleged bastion of Islamic rebels in a tribal zone in northwestern Pakistan.
    According to Geo TV, the drones launched five missiles on a building in Angora Adda, a locality in Southern Waziristan.
    So far 16 corpses have been recovered among the rubble, but the number of victims could increase because of the serious state of injured people, added the TV channel.
    The United States justifies its air raids within the Pakistani territory by saying that elements of the Afghan Taliban and Al Qaeda network are hidden in the tribal zones of Northwestern Pakistan and that they are waging war on its troops stationed in that neighbour country.
    The attacks are also targeted at Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the main local rebel organization accused of supporting their Afghan colleagues.
    However the Pakistani government, Washington's ally, considered that the bombing exacerbated the anti-US feeling due to the large number of fatal casualties among the civilian population.