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A suspected US missile strike in north-west Pakistan has killed at least eight people, Pakistani officials say.A suspected US missile strike in north-west Pakistan has killed at least eight people, Pakistani officials say.
The attack by a US drone targeted al-Qaeda-linked militants in the tribal region of North Waziristan, close to the Afghan border, they said.The attack by a US drone targeted al-Qaeda-linked militants in the tribal region of North Waziristan, close to the Afghan border, they said.
One official told the AFP news agency that "several missiles struck a suspected al-Qaeda hide-out in North Waziristan".One official told the AFP news agency that "several missiles struck a suspected al-Qaeda hide-out in North Waziristan".
Some reports said 10 had been killed. The US has not confirmed the attack.Some reports said 10 had been killed. The US has not confirmed the attack.
Since 1 September, there have been at least 17 of these strikes and, while US officials say al-Qaeda leaders are being successfully targeted, local tribesmen say scores of civilians have been killed. The attack was in a remote village in the area of Razmak. Details are sketchy, but locals say a house of a local tribesman was hit.
Most of the missile strikes have taken place in the Waziristan region. Sovereignty issue
Pakistan says such attacks are proving counter-productive to its own strategy of fighting the militants. North Waziristan is a haven for Taleban and al-Qaeda fighters who enter Afghanistan to fight US and Nato forces.
Earlier this week, the head of US Central Command General David Petraeus said he would consider Pakistani criticism of US missile strikes on Pakistani territory. There are believed to have been 18 strikes by CIA-operated predator drones in Pakistan's tribal border areas since August.
The US says it acts only when it has clear intelligence on the whereabouts of a known militant and that its targeting of al-Qaeda leaders is helping prevent terrorist attacks on the west.
But Pakistanis complain that civilians are often killed and that the attacks are a violation of their sovereignty.
Earlier this week Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari warned the new head of US Central Command, Gen David Petreaus, that missile attacks on Pakistani territory were counter-productive.
Mr Zardari said such strikes were detrimental to America's war on terror.
He said they make it harder for the Pakistani authorities to persuade the Pashtun tribes living along the Afghan frontier to join them in the fight against the extremists.