[NEWS] Drone Kills Six Militants In Pakistan

The Associated Press reports:

The U.S. military apparently struck at Islamic militants outside Pakistan's lawless tribal belt for the first time Wednesday, firing a missile that killed six suspected insurgents taking refuge away from the conflict zone along the Afghan border. [...]

All the previous attacks had come in North and South Waziristan, semiautonomous tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. But Wednesday's attack blew up a house in Indi Khel, a village in the Bannu district about 30 miles from the Afghan border and beyond the tribal region.

The identities of those killed were still being investigated, but a senior military officer said "the Americans are very confident" an al-Qaida member identified as Abdullah Azam al-Saudi was among the victims. He did not elaborate.