US missiles kill 3 in northwestern Pakistan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan?? A U.S. missile strike killed at least three militants in a northwestern Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border before dawn Saturday, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.

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Some suspects were also wounded when four missiles struck a compound near the Angore Adda border town in South Waziristan, the officials said.

They said those killed and wounded were the fighters of Maulvi Nazir, a Pakistani militant commander who is accused of working with Taliban and al-Qaida to direct cross-border attacks.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to media on record.

Since 2008, Washington has regularly used drone-fired missiles to target insurgents and their hideouts in Pakistani tribal regions where local and Afghan factions like the Haqqanis and al-Qaida men are hiding.

U.S. officials do not acknowledge the CIA-led program publicly.

Pakistan protests the strikes, which are unpopular in this Islamic nation.

The latest strike came a day after the drone-fired U.S. missiles killed four people in the North Waziristan tribal region. The identities of the victims were not known, according to officials.

On Thursday, a missile attack in North Waziristan had killed Janbaz Zadran, a man about whom U.S. officials say he was a top commander in the Haqqani network and had helped orchestrate attacks in Kabul and southeastern Afghanistan.

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Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44900468/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

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