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U.S. drone fires more missiles into Pakistan

ISLAMABAD
Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:44am EDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. drone fired three missiles into a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud on Tuesday at a funeral for a militant killed in a similar strike earlier in the day, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

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Four people were killed and three were wounded in the attack in the Makeen area near the Afghan border, said the intelligence officials, who declined to be identified.

(Reporting by Zeeshan Haider; Writing by Robert Birsel; Editing by Sugita Katyal)



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