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March 26, 2009

At Least 6 Killed in Pakistan Restaurant Bombing
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Intelligence officials say bomber targeted restaurant in town of
Jandola, near South Waziristan, Thursday 
At least six people are dead and several wounded in a suicide bombing in
northwestern Pakistan. Pakistani intelligence officials say the bomber
targeted a restaurant Thursday in the town of Jandola, near South
Waziristan. They say the attack appears to be the result of rivalries
between two militant groups. Meanwhile, four people have been killed in
the second suspected U.S. missile strike in as many days along
Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. Pakistani officials say two missiles
hit a house in the North Waziristan region Thursday, not far from the
town of Mir Ali. Pakistani intelligence officials said a suspected U.S.
missile strike Wednesday killed at least seven people, including
foreigners, near the town of Makeen in South Waziristan. The area is
known as a stronghold for Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud who
is accused of orchestrating the assassination of former Pakistani Prime
Minister Benazir Bhutto. The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. and
Pakistani officials!
  are coming up with a new list of targets for future strikes in the
border region. The newspaper says Pakistani officials want to hit
extremists who are carrying out attacks on Pakistanis. The government of
Pakistan routinely condemns the suspected U.S. strikes as
counterproductive and a violation of its territorial sovereignty. But
officials say Pakistan believes these new, focused strikes could win the
support of many Pakistanis. An estimated 30 missile strikes from
unmanned aircraft (drones) have been carried out on suspected al-Qaida
and Taliban targets in Pakistan's border region in recent months. U.S.
officials never confirm the strikes, but have repeatedly said
eliminating militant bases in Pakistan's tribal regions is key to
winning the war on terror and stabilizing Afghanistan.

Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.


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