US Strikes Kill 8 in Pakistan

US drone attacks in Pakistan have been on the rise according to reports, unauthorized US drone attacks have killed at least 8 people in northwest Pakistan.

The first attack killed six people, as a drone fired two missiles at a pair of cars in an Afghan refugee camp in the North Waziristan tribal area, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

The camp is located in the Spin Wam area near Mir Ali, one of the main towns in North Waziristan, AFP reported.

Minutes later, another drone killed two people on the bank of a river located just outside the refugee camp, the officials said.

These two attacks were the ninth and tenth in Pakistan this month, as US drones carried out twenty two non-UN-sanctioned attacks in September.

Islamabad has reacted angrily to the air strikes, calling them a violation of its sovereignty, especially that most of the victims of these attacks have been civilians, contrary to the claims of Washington that the strikes target militants.

Almost a thousand Pakistanis have lost their lives in more than 100 US drone attacks during the past two years.