Breaking:Suspected US missile attacks rock NW Pakistan

The strikes were in North Waziristan, a lawless region home to insurgents battling foreign troops just across the border in Afghanistan, al-Qaida leaders plotting attacks in the West and extremists behind bombings in Pakistan.

The militants have stepped up their own attacks in Pakistan in recent days, just as the army focuses on helping millions of victims from the worst floods in the country’s history. Four big bombs have killed at least 135 people in less than a week.

The United States has fired hundreds of missiles into northwest Pakistan over the last 2 1/2 years. American officials do not publicly acknowledge such strikes, but have said privately that they have killed several senior Taliban and al-Qaida militants and scores of foot soldiers.

Critics say innocents are also killed, fueling support for the insurgency.MORE HERE>>