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3 Pakistanis Injured in US Missile Strike
 US helicopter gunships wounded at least three Pakistani laborers in a missile strike against suspected Taleban fighters in the South Waziristan tribal region yesterday, according to security officials. The three were brought to the Pakistani border town of Angoor Adda from a nearby mountain where they had been mining for minerals, but another eight men were unaccounted for, said the officials, who requested anonymity.The attack came on the heels of criticism by a senior US official of Pakistan's efforts to stop Taleban fighters crossing into Afghanistan to attack US and Afghan forces. Security officials said the attack was launched during the early afternoon on the slopes of a mountain called Khawaja Khizer. Military and government spokesmen could not be immediately contacted, and it was unknown whether the US side had consulted Pakistani forces before carrying out the attack inside Pakistani territory. Posted by: Fred 2006-05-09 |
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