Officials: U.S. Drone Kills 6 in Pakistan

Officials: U.S. Drone Kills 6 in Pakistan

(AP) A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at a militant hide-out in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding nine, intelligence officials said.

The missiles were fired at a compound in South Waziristan, a rugged, lawless region close to the Afghan border, said the two Pakistani officials on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in South Waziristan in a similar strike on Aug. 5. The region is now under the control of his close aide, Waliur Rehman.

There were conflicting claims as to the identities of the dead.

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