Another massacre in Pakistan as US drones kill 45 people...

At least 45 people were killed by missiles launched by US drone aircraft in Pakistan's northwest, local intelligence officials said on Tuesday, one of the largest death tolls to date in the controversial air bombing campaign.

Coming a day after Washington announced an $800 million delay in military assistance amid worsening US-Pakistan ties, the attacks could exacerbate tension between the two uneasy allies in the war against militants.

The attacks started on Monday night, when remotely piloted drones fired nine missiles into a militant compound and at a vehicle in North Waziristan, killing 25 people, local intelligence officials said.

Another strike hours later in South Waziristan killed five more people.

Then on Tuesday morning, a drone fired two missiles at another compound in North Waziristan. More...

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