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Intel: 3 suspected US strikes kill 17 in Pakistan

The Columbian
Published: December 28, 2010, 12:00am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani intelligence officials say a third suspected U.S. missile strike has hit a tribal area near the Afghan border, killing nine militants and bringing the total toll to 17 dead in the strikes.

The two earlier strikes on Tuesday in North Waziristan tribal region killed eight people. The officials say at least two of the dead killed in the second strike were retrieving bodies from the site of the first hit.

The officials say the third strike hit some vehicles carrying alleged militants who may belong to the Haqqani network, one of several militant groups in North Waziristan.

The two intelligence officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media.

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