Officials: 17 die in US missile strike in Pakistan

Persons injured by a suicide attack are admitted in a local hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan Thursday, July 2, 2009. Two bombs targeting police and government workers killed up to eight people and wounded scores more Thursday _ latest attacks to hit Pakistan as it battles Taliban insurgents near the border with Afghanistan.(AP Photo/B.K.Bangash) By MUNIR AHMED ISLAMABAD (AP) -- U.S. missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication center Friday, killing 17 people and wounding 27 others, intelligence officials said. The two attacks by drone aircraft took place in South Waziristan, a Mehsud stronghold close to the Afghan border where Pakistani troops are gearing up for a military offensive, two officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not... [read full story]                    

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