Three missiles targeted militant hideouts in an area controlled by Pakistani Taliban leader and al

Three missiles targeted militant hideouts in an area controlled by Pakistani Taliban leader and al Qaeda ally Baitullah Mehsud and there were believed to have been casualties, one of the officials said. The United States, facing a growing Afghan insurgency, began stepping up drone attacks a year ago despite the complaints of its ally, Pakistan. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border where Pakistani troops are gearing up for an offensive against militants, intelligence officials said. (Adds comment, detail) ISLAMABAD, July 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. ** Double click on for Swedish indices, for Danish indices, for Finnishindices and for Norwegian indices ** For real-time moves on Nordic blue-chip indices doubleclick on .OMXS30, .OMXH25,and .OBX ** For constituent stock moves highlight the above codes inthe command box and press the f3 button on your keyboard ** For Nordic top news items, double click on [TOP/NORD] ** For the latest news on Nordic stock price moves doubleclick on [HOT-NORD-RTRS] (Additional reporting by Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholmnewsrooms) (Helsinki Newsroom; +358-9-6805-0244) France.

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