Officials say second suspected US missile strike kills 2 militants in northwest Pakistan
By Ishtiaq Mahsud, APFriday, September 3, 2010
Officials say second US missile strike kills 2
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani officials say the second suspected U.S. missile strike of the day has killed two people in the country’s restive tribal region.
They said they believe both men slain in the vehicle in the village of Datta Khel in North Waziristan were foreign militants. The two intelligence officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information to the media.
The day’s first suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least five people in an area controlled by the Haqqani network. The group is battling Americans in neighboring Afghanistan alongside the Taliban.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims in southwest Pakistan on Friday.
Sattar reported from Quetta.
