Officials: Alleged US missile kills 2 in Pakistan

MIR ALI, Pakistan -Suspected U.S. missiles killed two alleged militants early Thursday in a northwest Pakistan tribal region, intelligence officials said, while Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters in a neighboring stretch along the Afghan border.

The attack indicated the U.S. will not sideline a favorite battle tactic against Islamist extremists despite Pakistani concerns that the missile strikes will anger insurgents who have agreed to stay neutral as the army wages an offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan.

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