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US Missile Strike Kills at Least 10 in Pakistan

Posted Sep 12, 08 5:59 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – A US missile attack killed at least 10 people today in northwest Pakistan, where many al-Qaeda and Taliban militants are based, Reuters reports. Drones fired missiles at a former government school that housed militants and their families in the latest move in  a heated US-Pakistan disagreement over militants in the border region as Afghanistan’s insurgency grows. Pakistan condemned a US troop assault last week inside its borders, the first since 2001.

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Supporters of Inqilab Welfare Organization hold a banner reading "Peace, peace just peace and immediately stop the military operation" during a rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, last month.   (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Pakistan's top Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud (left with cap) faces the side to stop photographers from taking his picture during an appearance in the Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan.   (AP Photo)
A Pakistani solder stands near the rubble of shops destroyed by the army to punish local tribesmen for helping Taliban militants in a village in South Waziristan earlier this year.   (AP Photo/Stephen Graham)
Map locates Miran Shah and Bajur in Pakistan's tribal region.   (AP Photo)
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