Suspected US missile strike kills 20 in Pakistan

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while we're all wrapped up in the election ...bu$h* & cheney are winning hearts and minds:sarcasm:

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Militants on Saturday buried the bodies of Arab comrades who were among at least 20 people killed when suspected U.S. missiles hit a house near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said.

The United States has launched a flurry of strikes in recent weeks against suspected al-Qaida and Taliban targets in northwestern Pakistan, straining ties between the two anti-terror allies.

Pakistan has been unable or unwilling to eliminate militant sanctuaries blamed for rising violence on both sides of the border. The frontier region is believed to be a possible hiding place for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri.

The latest strike reportedly took place Friday in Mohammadkhel, a village in the North Waziristan region. The area is a stronghold of Jalaluddin Haqqani, a veteran Taliban commander whom U.S. generals count among their most dangerous foes.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/04/AR2008100400647_pf.html