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Drone attacks ‘tripled in 2008’

PESHAWAR: Missile attacks by US drones in Pakistan have tripled in 2008 after ‘frustrated’ US and Pakistani officials decided to change tactics in the war on terror, a Washington Post report said. Pakistani officials have reported 11 such strikes in FATA this year, the report said, compared with three in 2007. US officials believe their hunt for top Al Qaeda leadership has been marred by disruptions posed by the Iraq war and by their inability to develop informants, and are focusing on airstrikes because their special forces are not allowed to operate inside Pakistan. daily times monitor

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