Pakistan deaths in drone attack

A missile, suspected to have been fired by an unmanned US drone, is reported to have killed 13 people and wounded seven others after it struck a house in the Mir Ali area of Pakistan's North Waziristan. Two missiles struck the house in Haider Khel village on Saturday, a Pakistani intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told a Reuters journalist. The intelligence official initially put the death toll at three, but Noor Mohammad, a local government official, said later in the day that at least 13 people had been killed but their identities were not yet clear. The US frequently uses missile attacks to hit Taliban and al-Qaida targets in Pakistan's northwest, especially the tribal regions where many fighters are based. This year, the vast majority of the missiles have landed in North Waziristan, a segment of the tribal belt that houses several groups of fighters. Pakistan publicly condemns the attacks as violations of its sovereignty, and the attacks are unpopular among the Pakistani people.