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US drone strike kills two as tensions mount over programme in Pakistan
Source: The Guardian
US drone strike kills two as tensions mount over programme in Pakistan
Matt Williams in New York
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 2 June 2012 17.29 BST
US missiles killed two suspected militants in north-west Pakistan on Saturday, as Washington pushed on with its controversial drone policy despite a widening rift with Islamabad.
Pakistani intelligence officials said the attack took place in Dogh village near Wana, the main town in the strife-torn southern Waziristan region.
It represents the fifth such strike in the country by American drones in the last two weeks and threatens to worsen already fraught relations between the two countries.
Authorities in Pakistan told the Associated Press that the two militants were targeted after emerging from a suspected hideout on Saturday.
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Matt Williams in New York
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 2 June 2012 17.29 BST
US missiles killed two suspected militants in north-west Pakistan on Saturday, as Washington pushed on with its controversial drone policy despite a widening rift with Islamabad.
Pakistani intelligence officials said the attack took place in Dogh village near Wana, the main town in the strife-torn southern Waziristan region.
It represents the fifth such strike in the country by American drones in the last two weeks and threatens to worsen already fraught relations between the two countries.
Authorities in Pakistan told the Associated Press that the two militants were targeted after emerging from a suspected hideout on Saturday.
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/02/drone-strike-kills-two-pakistan
