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Pakistani intelligence officials described the attacks to several news agencies, saying two clusters of missiles hit less than an hour apart near Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan province. The first barrage of four missiles exploded into a vehicle and flattened a house nearby, killing six alleged militants. The second wave of missiles hit about 25 miles to the west, targeting another vehicle and killing three suspects. Two other people were wounded, officials said.
All the information came from Pakistani officials speaking on condition of anonymity, because of sensitivities inside Pakistan, where such attacks often inadvertently kill civilians and anti-American sentiment runs high, especially in tribal areas.
While officials sometimes publicly express outrage over U.S. missile attacks, Pakistan tacitly condones U.S. efforts to rid its tribal areas of militants, and has pledged to help. It's stepped up coordination with its American allies, and Pakistani troops helped nab the Taliban's top military commander, Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Karachi last month.
U.S. officials say missiles fired by remotely piloted drones, operated by the CIA, are one of the most effective ways to target suspected militants along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, without risking American lives. Such strikes are frequent, and are believed to have killed dozens of senior insurgent figures.
Today's attacks come a day after another U.S. missile strike destroyed a suspected militant hideout in the same region, killing another nine suspects.
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