A local militant fighter, who did not want his name made public in case he is targeted by security forces, said at least nine of the tribesman's guests had been killed. He said they were all Afghan civilians, including children.The militant said a plane had been heard in the area shortly before the strike, and one of the intelligence officials said a U.S. drone may have fired a missile at the house. Pakistani forces were not involved, he said.A spokesman for the U.S. military in Afghanistan and a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad said they had no information about the incident.South Waziristan lies in a swath of Pakistani territory that has fallen increasingly under the control of militant groups opposed to the American-backed governments in Kabul and Islamabad.Western officials are concerned that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, may have found increasingly secure refuge in the area.Pakistan says it does not allow U.S. forces to operate on its territory.However, unmanned American Predator aircraft apparently have fired missiles at suspected militant targets on several occasions in recent years.In a video message issued Wednesday, al-Zawahri praised Abu Laith al-Libi, a senior al-Qaida commander believed to have been killed in a Predator strike in Pakistan last month.
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