Intel: 3 suspected US strikes kill 17 in Pakistan

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Intel: 3 suspected US strikes kill 17 in Pakistan

By RASOOL DAWAR, Associated Press Rasool Dawar, Associated Press – Tue Dec 28, 7:30 am ET
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Three suspected U.S. missile strikes targeting a militant-riddled tribal region near the Afghan border killed 17 people Tuesday, including at least two who were retrieving bodies from the first attack, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

The strikes come in the final days of a year that has seen an unprecedented number of such drone-fired attacks as part of a ramped-up U.S. campaign to take out al-Qaida and Taliban fighters seeking sanctuary outside Afghanistan.



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