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US missile strike kills 20 militants
At least 20 Al Qaida-linked militants, a majority of them foreign nationals, were killed in a suspected US missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region Friday, officials said.
- Agencies
- Published: 23:41 October 3, 2008
Miranshah: A suspected US missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region killed at least 20 Al Qaida-linked militants, a majority of them foreign nationals, on Friday, officials said.
"About 20 suspected militants were killed when a missile hit a house in Mohammad Khel village in North Waziristan," a Pakistani security official said.
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