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| US drone strike kills five in NW Pakistan |
| 2009-12-27 |
| 26 December 2009 MIRANSHAH, Pakistan - At least five people were killed Saturday when missiles from an unmanned US aircraft hit a suspected militant compound in Pakistan’s northwest tribal belt, security officials said. The missiles struck a house in Saidgi village of North Waziristan tribal district, which borders Afghanistan, officials said. “Two missiles hit a house, five militants were killed,” an intelligence official told AFP. Another security official confirmed the drone attack and the toll, adding that the house belonged to a local tribesman named Asmatullah, who, he said, had links with Taliban militants. |
| Posted by:Steve White |