Pakistan was reported last night to have scrambled its fighter aircraft for the first time to repel a US spy plane in its airspace, further raising temperatures in the standoff over Washington's declared determination to launch attacks against militants inside Pakistani territory.
Pakistani newspaper Dawn, in a report from Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan that is a hotbed of militant activity, said the US spy plane "was seen in the skies above North Waziristan earlier in the day, but it disappeared as soon as the Pakistani fighters appeared.
"The jets, which were (being) seen for the first time after a series of US attacks in the tribal belt, reconnoitred the region for an hour."
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