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US seals $3.48B missiles, technology sale to UAE (AP)

AP – The United States has reached a deal to sell $3.48 billion worth of missiles and related technology to the United Arab Emirates, a close Mideast ally, as part of a massive buildup of defense technology among friendly Mideast nations near Iran.

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Officials: US missiles kill 16 in Pakistan (AP)

Pakistani police officer and rescue worker examine the site of a bomb blast in a bus stand in Matani near Peshawar, Pakistan Sunday, June 5, 2011. The bomb explosion killed several people in the latest violence to hit the country since the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The attack also followed reports that another top al-Qaida operative, Ilyas Kashmiri, had been killed in a recent American missile strike along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.   (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP – The United States fired missiles at three suspected militant targets in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing 16 people and keeping the pressure on insurgents days after a strike was believed to have killed a top al-Qaida commander, intelligence officials said.


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Officials: US missiles kill 22 in NW Pakistan (AP)

Four men, charged in connection with the gang-rape of Mukhtaran Mai, sit inside a police lockup at Ali Pur near Multan in this July 16, 2002 file photograph. Mai, a Pakistani victim of a village council-sanctioned gang-rape who became a symbol of the country's oppressed women, said on April 21, 2011 her life was in danger after the Supreme Court acquitted 13 men accused of the crime. The men are (from L to R) Ramzan Pachar, Faiz Bukhsh Mastoi, Abdul Khaliq and Allah Ditta Mastoi. The death penalty for Abdul Khaliq was commuted to life in prison. REUTERS/Asim Tanveer/Files (PAKISTAN - Tags: CRIME LAW)AP – Pakistani intelligence officials say the death toll from a U.S. missile strike along the Afghan border has jumped to at least 22.


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US missiles kill 6 people in Pakistan tribal area (AP)

This file photo shows a Pakistani tribesman watching an alleged hideout of insurgents being blown up during a military operation near Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan. At least five militants were killed in a US drone attack on a compound in a Pakistani tribal town near the Afghan border early Friday, according to officials.(AFP/File/Thir Khan)AP – U.S. drones fired at least five missiles at a home in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border Friday, killing at least six people, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The strikes came a day after Pakistan’s powerful army chief warned that such strikes were counterproductive.


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United States launches missiles as allied forces attack Moammar Khadafy’s military

America and its allies took their first shots at Moammar Khadafy Saturday after the Libyan dictator defied his own cease-fire in a frenzied effort to crush rebel forces.

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First wave of allied assault: 112 cruise missiles (AP)

This photo provided by the French Army shows a pilot checking a French Mirage 2000 jet fighter at the military base of Dijon, central France, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Top officials from the United States, Europe and the Arab world have launched immediate military action to protect civilians as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces attacked the heart of the country's rebel uprising. The Mirages 2000 are operating in Libya. (AP Photo/ Anthony Jeuland; SIRPA AIR) NO SALESAP – U.S. and British ships and submarines launched the first phase of a missile assault on Libyan air defenses Saturday and a senior American defense official said it was believed substantial damage was inflicted.


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United States launches missiles against Libya as allied forces attack Moammar Khadafy’s military

America and its allies took their first shots at Moammar Khadafy Saturday after the Libyan dictator defied his own cease-fire in a frenzied effort to crush rebel forces.

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