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US missile kills 3 in northwest Pakistan

Rasool Dawar, Associated Press, Mir Ali | Fri, 01/01/2010 11:57 AM
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Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. missile strike has killed three people near the Afghan border.

The two officials said early Friday's attack destroyed a car carrying three men in a village near Mir Ali, which is a main town in North Waziristan.

It was the second such attack in the region in the last 12 hours.

A U.S. drone missile strike late Thursday also killed three people.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly to the media.

Pakistan is a key ally of Washington in its war on terror but it has publicly opposed such attacks, saying they are counterproductive.

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