SgtJim
07-06-2011, 05:54 PM
by Bill Roggio @ longwarjournal
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US Predators struck for the first time in more than a week, in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, killing at least four "militants" in an attack on a "guesthouse."
Unmanned Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired three missiles at a "guesthouse" in the town of Mir Ali, according to reports from Reuters and AFP.
"The guesthouse was completely destroyed," a local Pakistani security official in Mir Ali told AFP (http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/06/us-drone-strike-kills-four-in-miramshah.html). "At least four militants have been killed in this US drone attack. Five other militants were injured." Officials said that several "foreigners," a term used to describe operatives from al Qaeda and allied terror groups, were present at the guesthouse.
The Taliban have surrounded the guesthouse and are conducting recovery operations. US Predators and Reapers often conduct follow-up attacks to kill the survivors.
"The house has been completely destroyed," another Pakistani official told Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/05/us-pakistan-violence-idUSTRE76461020110705). "Militants have cordoned off the area and are removing bodies from rubble."
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/07/us_predators_strike_28.php#ixzz1RMfsKuYC
11277
US Predators struck for the first time in more than a week, in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, killing at least four "militants" in an attack on a "guesthouse."
Unmanned Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired three missiles at a "guesthouse" in the town of Mir Ali, according to reports from Reuters and AFP.
"The guesthouse was completely destroyed," a local Pakistani security official in Mir Ali told AFP (http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/06/us-drone-strike-kills-four-in-miramshah.html). "At least four militants have been killed in this US drone attack. Five other militants were injured." Officials said that several "foreigners," a term used to describe operatives from al Qaeda and allied terror groups, were present at the guesthouse.
The Taliban have surrounded the guesthouse and are conducting recovery operations. US Predators and Reapers often conduct follow-up attacks to kill the survivors.
"The house has been completely destroyed," another Pakistani official told Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/05/us-pakistan-violence-idUSTRE76461020110705). "Militants have cordoned off the area and are removing bodies from rubble."
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/07/us_predators_strike_28.php#ixzz1RMfsKuYC