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US drone strike kills five in Pakistan

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IANS Islamabad

The strike was carried out around midnight when two of the four US drones flying over the area fired four missiles at a house suspected of being a militant hideout in the Angoor Ada area, bordering Afghanistan.

Last year, a total of 39 US drone strikes were launched in the country, mostly in its northwest tribal area of North Waziristan that killed a total of 274 people.

 

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First Published: Jan 03 2013 | 10:30 AM IST

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