9? 17? 22? Depends on who you ask

CNN says nine Waziris were killed by a US missile strike in northwestern Pakistan:

The strike happened about 12:10 p.m. in a village in North Waziristan, a region near the Afghan border that is rife with Islamic extremism.

Rico says 'rife with Islamic extremism'; that's a good one. Is there any part of that part of the world that isn't?

The Times says it's 17 dead, with the killing done by Pakistani aircraft:

Pakistani helicopters and jets have killed 17 suspected insurgents overnight as violence raged in Taliban strongholds near the Afghan border. Ten other militants were wounded in the airstrikes on rebel hide-outs in the Bajur region late Thursday, said Jamil Khan, a government official in the semiautonomous area.

The AFP says it's 22 dead in a suicide bombing:

The death toll from a suicide bombing against government-backed tribal elders fighting al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan has risen to 22, officials said Friday. A suicide attacker blew himself up on Thursday as the elders met in Batmalai, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) northeast of Khar, the main town in the semi-autonomous Bajaur district bordering Afghanistan.

Rico says it's not a good time to be in that part of the world...