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Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 4 In NW Pakistan

   VOA News 02 February 2010

   Pakistani  intelligence officials say suspected U.S. drones have fired
   eight missiles into a militant compound in Pakistan's northwest tribal
   region, killing at least four militants.
   News  reports  quote  unnamed intelligence officials about the attack.
   They did not say if the dead are Pakistani or nationalities.
   North  Waziristan  is  known  as a base for the Taliban-allied Haqqani
   militant group, which is blamed for cross border attacks against U.S.,
   NATO and Afghan troops in Afghanistan.
   U.S. officials do not publicly comment on the drone strikes. Pakistani
   officials   routinely   denounce  them  as  violations  of  Pakistan's
   sovereignty,  but some officials are believed to secretly cooperate in
   the operations.

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

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