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WANA,Pakistan-A missile struck a house in a Pakistani region known as being a safe haven for al Qaeda early on Thursday, killing 10 suspected militants including foreigners, intelligence officials and residents said.The attack took place near Kaloosha village in the South Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border."The blast shook the entire area," said resident Behlool Khan.A security official said he believed the missile was fired by U.S.forces who are operating in neighboring Afghanistan, and the house that was hit belonged to a Pashtun tribesman, Sher Mohammad Malikkheil, also known as Sheroo, who was known to have links with militants."Ten people, most of them believed to be of Arab origin, were killed and seven wounded," said an intelligence official, who declined to be identified.He said it was not known if any top militant leaders were among the dead.Military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas said he was not aware of any such attack.U.S. forces have fired missiles at militants on the Pakistani side of the border several times in recent years, most recently on January 28 when one of Osama bin Laden's top lieutenants, Abu Laith al-Libi, was killed in a strike in North Waziristan.To read more go to:
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