Missile strike hits NW Pakistan

A missile believed fired from a US drone has hit a house in northwest Pakistan, an intelligence officer and villager said. There was no word on casualties. Villager Javed Massod said he saw a number of unmanned planes in the sky before a missile struck the house just after noon Thursday in Kini Guram village in South Wazirstan. The US military and the CIA operate drones in the region that have carried more than 12 strikes against suspected militant targets since August. An intelligence official confirmed a missile had struck a house in the village, but gave no details.