Pakistan: 5 German among 8 foreign nationals killed in drone strike

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Source: CNN

CNN) -- Pakistani intelligence officials confirmed Tuesday that five German nationals were killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan a day earlier.

The Germans were among 11 suspected militants killed Monday. Three others were foreigners whose nationalities were not disclosed, said the officials -- who did not want to be named. The rest were Pakistanis.

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The strike comes a day after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a joint bulletin warning that terror attacks were being plotted against targets Europe. European intelligence officials said Monday that a group of jihadists from Germany were at the heart of the plots, but it was not immediately clear if the warning and the suspected drone strike were related.

The reported plots prompted the U.S. State Department to issue a Europe-wide security advisory for Americans traveling abroad


Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/pakistan.drone.germans/

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Germany not ID'ing 5 militants killed in Pakistan

BERLIN — German officials are being tightlipped about details surrounding a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan's rugged mountain border area that Pakistani officials say killed five German militants.

U.S. officials believe a cell of Germans and Britons at the heart of a terror alert for Europe — a plot that U.S. officials link to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden — are believed to be hiding in that region.

German public television ARD cited unnamed sources Tuesday as saying that four German citizens of Turkish descent were killed in the missile attack.

more:http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/germany-not-iding-5-660281.html