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US Missile Strikes in Pakistan Kill 7 Militants

   VOA News 26 September 2010

   Pakistani  intelligence officials say U.S. drone aircraft have carried
   out two missile strikes in a northwestern tribal region, killing seven
   suspected militants.

   Map of Pakistan

   Officials say the air strikes happened Sunday in the Datta Khel region
   of North Waziristan, a day after a U.S. drone killed four militants in
   the  same area. U.S. drones have launched almost 20 missile strikes in
   the Pakistani tribal region this month.

   U.S.  forces  have been waging a drone war against militants linked to
   the  Haqqani network who use North Waziristan as a base to attack NATO
   troops in neighboring Afghanistan. North Waziristan is largely outside
   the control of the Pakistani government.

   Islamabad  has  protested  such attacks in the past, saying they anger
   the  public  and  undermine  its  own  military  campaign  against the
   militants. U.S. officials do not confirm drone operations, but say the
   strikes have killed several senior Taliban and al-Qaida militants.

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

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