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Pakistan Intelligence: Missile Strike Kills 12 in Pakistan

   VOA News 14 August 2010

   Pakistani  intelligence  officials  say a missile fired by an unmanned
   aircraft has killed at least 12 people in northwest Pakistan.
   All  such  attacks by drone aircraft are believed to be carried out by
   U.S. forces.
   Saturday's  missile  strike,  aimed  at  a  compound in the village of
   Issori  in  North  Waziristan,  is the first known to have taken place
   since  the  start  of  monsoon  floods  that have battered much of the
   country.
   During  President  Barack  Obama's  administration  there  has been an
   increase  in  such  remote-controlled  air  strikes  against suspected
   al-Qaida and Taliban hideouts near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
   Pakistan's government has protested against the attacks as a violation
   of its sovereignty.
   Some information for this report provided by Reuters and AP.

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