US Drone Strike Kills 4, Wounds 2 in Northern Pakistan

Pakistani security officials say a U.S. drone strike on a Taliban compound in North Waziristan has killed at least four militants, including a wanted senior al-Qaida leader, and wounded two others. Military officials identified one of the dead in Sunday's strike as Umar Farooq, al-Qaida's spokesman in Pakistan. The officials said Pakistani Taliban linked to commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur used the compound, but it was not immediately clear whether Bahadur was there at the time of...

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