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05-17-2011, 05:47 AM
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By Bill Roggio
May 16, 2011
US Predators struck yet again in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, killing 10 more "militants." The US has launched five strikes in the tribal areas since al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden was killed during a covert US raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, far from the tribal areas.
The unmanned, CIA-operated Predators and Reapers fired several missiles today at a compound in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. Four "militants" were killed in the attack, and the compound was destroyed, local Pakistani intelligence officials told AFP (http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/16/us-drone-attack-kills-ten-in-north-waziristan-officials.html). Just minutes later, the unmanned strike aircraft hit a vehicle in Mir Ali, killing six more terrorists.
Four "foreigners" were later reported to have been killed in the strike on the compound, The News reported (http://www.thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=15618). Pakistani officials use the term foreigners to describe al Qaeda and non-Pakistani terror groups from South and Central Asia.
No senior al Qaeda, Taliban, or other terrorist leaders have been reported killed in today's strike.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/05/us_predators_killed_1.php#ixzz1MbMBjSEn
By Bill Roggio
May 16, 2011
US Predators struck yet again in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, killing 10 more "militants." The US has launched five strikes in the tribal areas since al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden was killed during a covert US raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, far from the tribal areas.
The unmanned, CIA-operated Predators and Reapers fired several missiles today at a compound in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. Four "militants" were killed in the attack, and the compound was destroyed, local Pakistani intelligence officials told AFP (http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/16/us-drone-attack-kills-ten-in-north-waziristan-officials.html). Just minutes later, the unmanned strike aircraft hit a vehicle in Mir Ali, killing six more terrorists.
Four "foreigners" were later reported to have been killed in the strike on the compound, The News reported (http://www.thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=15618). Pakistani officials use the term foreigners to describe al Qaeda and non-Pakistani terror groups from South and Central Asia.
No senior al Qaeda, Taliban, or other terrorist leaders have been reported killed in today's strike.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/05/us_predators_killed_1.php#ixzz1MbMBjSEn