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U.S. drone strike kills 10 in Pakistan - officials
03 Jul 2009 06:29:53 GMT
Source: Reuters
WANA, Pakistan, July 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border killed 10 militants and wounded seven, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said.

Three missiles were fired at militants in an area controlled by Pakistani Taliban leader and al Qaeda ally Baitullah Mehsud, they said.

(For a factbox on U.S. missile strikes in Pakistan click [ID:n468987]

(Reporting by Hafiz Wazir; Writing by Augustine Anthony; Editing by Robert Birsel and Sanjeev Miglani)


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