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Pakistan Says US Drone Strike Killed 8 Militants

   VOA News  May 06, 2011
   File photo of a Predator drone unmanned aerial vehicle

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   File photo of a Predator drone unmanned aerial vehicle

   Pakistan officials say a U.S. drone missile strike has killed eight
   suspected militants near the Afghan border.
   Authorities say the attack Friday targeted a compound in the tribal
   district of North Waziristan.
   The drone strike was the first one in Pakistan since U.S. forces killed
   Osama bin Laden during a Monday raid on a compound in Abbottabad, not
   far from Islamabad.
   U.S. drone strikes against militants based in Pakistan's tribal belt
   have been a source of friction between the two countries. U.S.
   officials do not acknowledge the missile strikes.
   The Pakistani government publicly condemns the drone strikes as
   undermining its sovereignty, but regional experts say Islamabad
   privately coordinates with the U.S. government on selecting targets.
   Also Friday, police say gunmen have opened fire on a group of Shi'ites,
   killing at least five people in the southwestern city of Quetta in
   Baluchistan province.
   Officials say the Shi'ites were attacked Friday while exercising in a
   park. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
   Baluchistan province is rife with Islamist militancy and sectarian
   violence between majority Sunnis and minority Shi'ite Muslims.

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