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Pak army investigates US spy drone wreckage

AP, Islamabad
The Pakistani army said yesterday it found the wreckage of a suspected US spy plane near the Afghan border, but denied claims that it had been shot down.
The incident comes amid strained ties between Washington and Islamabad over a series of missile strikes from American drones at suspected militants targets on the Pakistan side of the border.
In more signs that the militancy is escalating, a suicide bomber killed an 11-year-old girl and wounded 11 troops in the frontier city of Quetta while security forces killed 20 militants in another borderzone.
Three Pakistani intelligence officials earlier said troops and tribesmen had shot down the drone late Tuesday near Jalal Kite), a village in Pakistan's South Waziristan region.
However, a Pakistan army statement on Wednesday said security forces had recovered the crashed surveillance aircraft. It said a technical problem appeared to have brought it down and that it was
investigating further.
US officials did not confirm the loss of any their drones, which can also be equipped with video surveillanceequipment.
Confirmation of Pakistani forces firing on U.S. troops or aircraft could trigger a crisis in relations between Islamabad and Washington, who are close but uncomfortable allies in the American-led war on terrorism.
Pakistani leaders are condemning stepped-up American operations across the border from Afghanistan especially a highly unusual raid into South Waziristan by US commandos on Sept. 3.
The government says it is trying to resolve the dispute diplomatically.
However, the army has vowed to defend Pakistan's territory "at all cost," and Tuesday's incident was at least the third this month in which Pakistani troops have reportedly opened fire to counter an incursion.
US President George W Bush did not directly refer to the incursions after he met his Pakistani counterpart. Asif Ali Zardari, for the first time in New York onlbesday.
"Your words have been very strong about Pakistan's sovereign right and sovereign duty to protect your country, and the United States wants to help," Bush said.
The three Pakistani intelligence officials said the drone was hit after circling the Angoor Ada area of South Waziristan for several hours. Wreckage was strewn on the ground, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to brief the media.
A government official in the Bajur region said security forces backed by helicopter gunships had killed at least 20 more militants in fighting that erupted the previous day near Khar, the main town.
Militant warlords have established virtual mini-states in the tribal belt, levying taxes and enforcing strict Ihliban-style social codes and justice.
Also yesterday, a so-called "Peace Committee" executed four alleged murderers in Wana, the main town in South Waziristan, a witness said. Din Muhammed said members of the committee used mosque loudspeakers to gather a crowd before the four were shot to death.