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 PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A U.S. missile strike on a Pakistani village last month killed a relative of al-Qaida's No. 2 leader and a terror suspect wanted by America, Pakistan's leader said Saturday, breaking weeks of silence about the identities of the men.
The nighttime attack — which also killed a dozen residents, including women and children — outraged Pakistanis, who complained it violated the nation's sovereignty.
Until now, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf had only said "foreigners" died in the Jan. 13 strike in the northwestern town of Bajur, near the Afghan border. But he provided more details Saturday while visiting northwestern Pakistan, though he did not name the dead terror suspects.
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