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Strike on Suspected Militants Kills 12 in Pakistan

   VOA News 19 June 2010

   Pakistani  intelligence  officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike
   has killed at least 12 militants.
   The  officials  said a drone aircraft fired two missiles Saturday at a
   compound  east  of  Miranshah,  in  Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal
   region.
   They said some of those killed included foreigners.
   The  suspected  U.S.  missile  attack followed the arrival of the U.S.
   special  envoy  to  Afghanistan  and  Pakistan,  Richard Holbrooke, in
   Islamabad for talks with top Pakistani officials.
   U.S.  President Barack Obama has increased the use of drone strikes to
   target  al-Qaida  and  Taliban  hideouts  in  the  tribal  belt  along
   Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.

   Pakistan's government has objected to the attacks, saying they violate
   its sovereignty.

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

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