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| 'US missile' hits Pakistani house | 'US missile' hits Pakistani house |
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| A missile from a suspected US unmanned aircraft (drone) has killed at least six people in a Pakistani tribal area close to Afghanistan, reports say. | |
| Unnamed Pakistani security sources say it hit a house in the village of Tappi, North Waziristan, and that the dead include a number of Arabs. | |
| There was no immediate US confirmation of the attack. | There was no immediate US confirmation of the attack. |
| Cross-border raids by US forces targeting Islamic militants have strained relations with Pakistan. | Cross-border raids by US forces targeting Islamic militants have strained relations with Pakistan. |
| Pakistani intelligence sources quoted by Western news agencies differed as to the identity of the owner of the house and how many people were killed. | |
| But at least some of the dead were Arabs, possibly militants, they said. | |
| American military commanders blame militants based in the tribal areas for the increase in attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan. | |
| The latest incident comes a week after a similar bombing in the same region, which killed at least 20 people. |