US Missile Strike Kills at Least 10 in Pakistan

New fuel for tensions between US and Pakistan
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 12, 2008 5:59 AM CDT
US Missile Strike Kills at Least 10 in Pakistan
Supporters of Inqilab Welfare Organization hold a banner reading "Peace, peace just peace and immediately stop the military operation" during a rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, last month.   (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

A US missile attack killed at least 10 people today in northwest Pakistan, where many al-Qaeda and Taliban militants are based, Reuters reports. Drones fired missiles at a former government school that housed militants and their families in the latest move in  a heated US-Pakistan disagreement over militants in the border region as Afghanistan’s insurgency grows. Pakistan condemned a US troop assault last week inside its borders, the first since 2001.
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