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             US Drone Strike Kills 4, Wounds 2 in Northern Pakistan

   by VOA News

   Pakistani security officials say a U.S. drone strike on a Taliban
   compound in North Waziristan has killed at least four militants,
   including a wanted senior al-Qaida leader, and wounded two others.

   Military officials identified one of the dead in Sunday's strike as
   Umar Farooq, al-Qaida's spokesman in Pakistan.

   The officials said Pakistani Taliban linked to commander Hafiz Gul
   Bahadur used the compound, but it was not immediately clear whether
   Bahadur was there at the time of the strike.

   The strike came a day after Pakistani soldiers killed top al-Qaida
   leader Adnan Shukrijumh, who was indicted in the U.S. for his alleged
   involvement in a plot to bomb New York's subway system.

   Some material for this report came from AP, AFP and Reuters.
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