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Two killed in suspected US missile strike in Pakistan: official
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 15, 2008 A missile strike by US forces killed at least two militants and injured three others Monday in a Pakistani tribal district known to be a stronghold of Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, an official said. "A missile fired by US forces killed two people outside the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan tribal district," a security official told AFP. Three other people were injured in the missile strike and it was not immediately clear if the missile was fired from a drone or fired by US forces deployed across the border in Afghanistan, he added. The missile struck the house of local tribesman Ghunchagul Wazir late Monday at Tabitolkhel village, just outside Miranshah, he said. Residents said that US drones had been hovering earlier in the morning at low altitude above Miranshah, the main town of the North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan. Taliban militants had earlier been seen visiting the house, residents said. Washington has stepped up its missile strikes against suspected Al-Qaeda and Taliban hideouts in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan in recent months despite protests by Islamabad. A missile attack late last month by a US jet killed Rashid Rauf, the alleged Al-Qaeda mastermind of a 2006 transatlantic airplane bombing plot, as well as an Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative, security officials have said. The strikes have continued despite a warning by Taliban militants based in tribal territory last month that any more would lead to reprisal attacks across Pakistan. Terror network chief Osama bin Laden is widely believed to be hiding in the border territory, although there is no clear information about his whereabouts. Related Links News From Across The Stans
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