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| | GEO Pakistan | | US drone strike kills 8 in S Waziristan | Updated at: 0104 PST, Thursday, March 26, 2009
 SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Pakistani intelligence officials said a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least eight people, including foreigners, in a tribal region Aouth Waziristan bordering Afghanistan.
Officials also said Wednesday's strike damaged two vehicles near the town of Makeen in South Waziristan. They have not released the nationalities of the foreigners.
The area is known as a stronghold for Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud who is accused of orchestrating the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Officials have not said whether Mehsud was in any of the vehicles.
An estimated 30 missile strikes from unmanned aircraft (drones) have been carried out on suspected al-Qaida and Taliban targets in Pakistan's border region in recent months.
U.S. officials have repeatedly said eliminating militant bases in Pakistan's tribal regions is key to winning the war on terror and stabilizing Afghanistan. |  |
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