Protesters in Peshawar, in northwestern Pakistan, demonstrated on Saturday against U.S. drone attacks on their country. Former cricketer Imran Khan, head of a political party known as Pakistan Movement for Justice, led the protest.

General James Cartright, Vice -Chair, Joint Chiefs of Staff, disagrees that there is “Mission Creep” in Libya.

President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed Predator drone aircraft in Libya to improve the precision of low-level attacks on ground targets, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.

Drones supported because of lower collateral damage, which is especially helpful in urban areas. Drones have better visibility, which is helpful for enemy personnel that are ‘dug-in’.

Drones can also persistently attack the enemy for a full day.

A Pakistan state television report stated Hakimullah Mehsud had been injured in a drone attack in the Shaktoi area January 14 and died three days later. His burial was reported in the village of Mamuzai in the North Waziristan region.

The Pakistani Taliban on Sunday denied rumors that their chief Hakimullah Mehsud is dead.

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UPDATE: Hakimullah Mehsud was not killed in a U.S. drone attack on Thursday.

THU JAN 14 2010 — Pre-dawn attack U.S. drone attack in Shaktoi area triggered rumours that Hakimullah Mehsud, the chief of the banned Tahrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, had been killed. Two missiles had hit the house of Fazal Mehsud alias Uqabi in the area in Sararogha subdivision adjacent to North Waziristan.

Wikipedia: Hakimullah Mehsud | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | Waziristan

SOURCE: DAWN.COM US drone targets Hakimullah Mehsud

A U.S. drone killed four militants Sunday after it fired two missiles into a compound in Miranshah, located in a lawless tribal region of North Waziristan in northwest Pakistan. The drone was the sixth attack in the area since the new year 2010.

SOURCE: Chinaview Suspected U.S. drone strike kills 4 in Pakistan

Wikipedia: Miranshah | Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) | North Waziristan | Waziristan | Pakistan

Deadliest UAV missile strike since the suicide bombing at FOB Chapman in Afghanistan that killed eight people — including seven CIA agents: 20 to 25 killed in the Village of Sanzalai, Pakistan where a base is located for the Taliban network run by Sirajuddin Haqqani. The area borders Paktika Province in Afghanistan.

Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Miranshah | Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) | North Waziristan | Waziristan | Pakistan | Sirajuddin Haqqani | Paktika Province

SOURCE: New York Times Drone Strikes Reported in Pakistan