At least 16 people have been killed in a missile strike on a building near Pakistan's northern border with Afghanistan, state television has said.
The attack took place in the South Waziristan region, where tribal militants are based, Reuters news agency reported residents as saying.
The Pakistani state TV report said several missiles destroyed the house of a suspected militant leader.
Reuters reported the military saying seven militants were among the dead.
"The blast shook the entire area, about 10 people were taken to hospital," one resident, Inayatullah Khan, said.
It was not clear who fired the missiles. [Hah!]
US forces, operating in neighbouring Afghanistan, have been blamed for previous strikes in Pakistan's border region.
In February, at least 12 people - including suspected militants - were killed in a missile attack on a house near the Afghan border.
A month earlier, a senior al-Qaeda leader, Abu Laith al-Libi, was killed in an strike in North Waziristan.
- I THINK MAYBE NOW - THAT MUSHARRAF IS ON THE WAY OUT - WE HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS.
- WE DIDN'T BEFORE - BECAUSE OF CONCERNS THAT IT WOULD DESTABILIZE MUSHARRAF.
- BUT NOW THAT HE APPEARS TO BE A GONER ANYHOW, HE'S PROBABLY ALLOWING US TO DO WHATEVER WE WANT.
- I FEEL THAT - (IF THIS IS TRUE) - AS A RESULT WE WILL GET ALL THE AL QAEDA BIGGIES BEFORE SUMMER.
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