SgtJim
07-12-2011, 08:07 PM
by Bill Roggio @ longwarjournal
2011. July 12.
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US Predators struck for the second time in 24 hours in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agencies, killing eight "militants" (http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/12/us-drone-strike-kills-seven-in-s-waziristan.html) in South Waziristan.
The unmanned Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired missiles at a compound in the Birmal area of South Waziristan. The compound is "believed to be the hideout of al-Qaeda-linked terrorists," SAMAA reported (http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=34116).
No senior commanders from the Taliban, al Qaeda, or allied terror groups based in the area are reported to have been killed. Several other fighters are said to have been wounded in the attack.
The Birmal area is under the influence of Hakeemullah Mehsud's Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. The Taliban group battles the Pakistani government and also conducts attacks on NATO and Afghan forces in Afghanistan. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan is closely allied to al Qaeda, and nearly succeeded in detonating a car bomb in Times Square, New York on May 1, 2010. The device failed due to a problem with the trigger.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/07/predators_kill_8_in.php#ixzz1RwH4OPph
2011. July 12.
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11369
US Predators struck for the second time in 24 hours in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agencies, killing eight "militants" (http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/12/us-drone-strike-kills-seven-in-s-waziristan.html) in South Waziristan.
The unmanned Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired missiles at a compound in the Birmal area of South Waziristan. The compound is "believed to be the hideout of al-Qaeda-linked terrorists," SAMAA reported (http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=34116).
No senior commanders from the Taliban, al Qaeda, or allied terror groups based in the area are reported to have been killed. Several other fighters are said to have been wounded in the attack.
The Birmal area is under the influence of Hakeemullah Mehsud's Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. The Taliban group battles the Pakistani government and also conducts attacks on NATO and Afghan forces in Afghanistan. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan is closely allied to al Qaeda, and nearly succeeded in detonating a car bomb in Times Square, New York on May 1, 2010. The device failed due to a problem with the trigger.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/07/predators_kill_8_in.php#ixzz1RwH4OPph