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| At least 15 people have been killed in a suspected US missile strike in Pakistan, security officials said. | At least 15 people have been killed in a suspected US missile strike in Pakistan, security officials said. |
| They said the attack hit a house in the village of Mir Ali, in North Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan. | They said the attack hit a house in the village of Mir Ali, in North Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan. |
| Reports said the target of the attack was an al-Qaeda operative, but it was unclear if he was among the dead. | Reports said the target of the attack was an al-Qaeda operative, but it was unclear if he was among the dead. |
| Officials named the man as Abu Kasha, believed to be Iraqi. Residents said a Pakistani tribesman lived in the house. The US military has not commented. | Officials named the man as Abu Kasha, believed to be Iraqi. Residents said a Pakistani tribesman lived in the house. The US military has not commented. |
| The US has launched many missile strikes from Afghanistan against suspected militant targets recently. | |
| On Friday the two missiles were fired by a pilotless "drone" aircraft, anonymous officials told Reuters news agency. | |
| On Sunday, a suspected US missile strike killed 20 people, including a top Taleban commander Mohammad Omar in South Waziristan, witnesses and officials said. | |
| Tensions between the US and Pakistan have increased over the issue of cross-border incursions against militants by American forces based in Afghanistan. |