Two British Nationals killed in a Drone Strike in North Waziristan

Two British Nationals killed in a Drone Strike in North Waziristan

On Friday, November 18, 2011 Britain was looking into reports of two British nationals, accused of extremist links, killed in a drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal region.

According to reports the names of the men were Ibrahim Adam, 24, and Mohammed Azmir, 37-year-old.

Reports have indicated that they were killed in the lawless Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan at least three months ago.

“We’re aware of reports and looking into them further,” a Foreign Office spokesman revealed.

A government source said that getting confirmation would take time because the area is remote.

Adam, from London, was wanted by British authorities after absconding from a government “control order” used to limit the movements of suspected extremists in May 2007.

Azmir, a father of three who lived in Ilford, a town east of London, was slapped with a finance ministry order in February 2010 freezing his assets over concerns that he was involved in funding terrorism.

Meanwhile, a US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed six rebels in North Waziristan near the Afghan border on Tuesday, security officials said.

“At least six militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles on a rebel compound in the Miramshah bazaar,” a security official told on condition of anonymity.

He said thick smoke was seen coming out of the compound after the strike, adding the identities of those killed could not be immediately verified.

Another security official also confirmed the strike and rise in the death toll, given as three earlier.

More than 60 US drone strikes have been reported in Pakistan so far this year, and dozens since US Navy SEALs killed Bin Laden in the garrison city of Abbottabad on May 2, 2011.

Visiting Islamabad last month, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Pakistan to take action within “days and weeks” on dismantling Afghan militant havens and encouraging the Taliban into peace talks.

Posted by Ammar Ahmad on Nov 18 2011. Filed under Latest News, Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry