Pakistan protests US drone attacks, Taliban warns of reprisals

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Pakistan protests US drone attacks, Taliban warns of reprisals

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ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan's government on Thursday condemned the latest US missile strike in its territory while a militant Taliban group warned that another drone attack would bring reprisals within the country.

Speaking in parliament, Pakistani premier Yousuf Raza Gilani denounced the latest US spy drone attack which killed six people Wednesday at Bannu district in northwest Pakistan, including a major Al-Qaeda operative.

"These attacks are adding to our problems. They are intolerable and we do not support them," Gilani told the national assembly.

The foreign ministry also summoned Anne Patterson, the American ambassador to Islamabad, to lodge a strong protest over the air raids that have fuelled public anger, foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said in the capital.

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