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British Nationals, Fighting With Al-Qaida, Killed In Drone Attack

December 16 2010

Pakistan

Two British citizens fighting with Al-Qaida were reported among those killed in last Friday's drone strike in northwest Pakistan, the BBC reports.

Taliban sources said the two Muslim converts and Al-Qaida members were killed in the town of Datta Khel in North Waziristan along with two other militants.

The pair were said to be using the names Abu Bakr and Mansoor Ahmed, officials said, though their given surnames were Stephen and Dearsmith. The two reportedly came to North...

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