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Tue 06 Jun 2009US drone kills 45 in Pakistan
A US drone killed at least 45 Pakistani Taliban militants today when it struck after a funeral of insurgent commander killed earlier in the day, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
US ally Pakistan officially objects to the strikes by pilotless US aircraft though the attack came as the Pakistani army is preparing an offensive against Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan on the Afghan border.
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