Missile strike near Afghan border kills 6
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From Times Wire Reports
Pakistani state television said a missile attack near the Afghan border killed six people today.
It said the missiles hit Azam Warsak village in South Waziristan. It didn’t identify the victims or its source, or say who fired the missiles. But an intelligence official, who declined to be identified, said the dead were three foreigners and three local tribesmen.
Residents said they heard the sound of a drone aircraft, suggesting the missile may have been fired by a U.S.-controlled unmanned Predator.
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