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Suspected US Drones Kill 6 in Pakistan

   VOA News 28 December 2010

   Pakistani  intelligence officials say two suspected U.S. drone strikes
   have  killed  at  least  six  people in Pakistan's northwestern tribal
   region.
   The  officials  said  the  first  attack Tuesday struck a house in the
   North  Waziristan region near the Afghan border, killing at least four
   militants.
   A short time later, officials say the second attack hit the same site,
   killing at least two more people.
   The  area is a stronghold for Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaida militants
   who  carry  out  cross-border  attacks against U.S.-led NATO forces in