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Washington Post
March 16, 2009
Pg. 11
Pakistan
A suspected U.S. missile strike killed two Arabs and three other people in northwest Pakistan late Sunday, intelligence officials said, in the latest in a barrage of attacks on suspected insurgent targets in the region.
The Pakistan-Afghanistan border area is home to scores of al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents, and the United States is pressing the Pakistani government to do more to fight them. The remote area is thought to be a hiding place for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Since last year, the United States has stepped up attacks by unmanned planes, thought to be launched from bases in Afghanistan. It rarely acknowledges carrying out the attacks, which have killed many fighters but angered Pakistan's government.
The identities of the dead were not known, two intelligence officials said.
March 16, 2009
Pg. 11
Pakistan
A suspected U.S. missile strike killed two Arabs and three other people in northwest Pakistan late Sunday, intelligence officials said, in the latest in a barrage of attacks on suspected insurgent targets in the region.
The Pakistan-Afghanistan border area is home to scores of al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents, and the United States is pressing the Pakistani government to do more to fight them. The remote area is thought to be a hiding place for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Since last year, the United States has stepped up attacks by unmanned planes, thought to be launched from bases in Afghanistan. It rarely acknowledges carrying out the attacks, which have killed many fighters but angered Pakistan's government.
The identities of the dead were not known, two intelligence officials said.