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17 Killed in US Drone Attacks in Pakistan

   VOA News  June 06, 2011

   Intelligence officials in northwest Pakistan say three U.S. drone-fired
   missile strikes have killed at least 17 militants.
   Authorities say all the strikes Monday were in South Waziristan, the
   country's restive tribal region near the Afghan border.
   U.S. drone strikes against insurgents in the border region of Pakistan
   have been a source of friction between the two countries.
   U.S. officials have never publicly acknowledged the use of drones
   inside Pakistan, but privately they have confirmed the strikes to
   various news outlets, saying the operations have killed mostly
   militants.
   The attacks come after the reported death of al-Qaida operative Ilyas
   Kashmiri in a U.S. drone strike in the tribal region Friday.

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