SgtJim
11-15-2011, 03:26 PM
By Bill Roggio @ longwarjournal
November 15, 2011
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US Predators killed five people in an airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
The unmanned CIA-operated Predators, or the more deadly Reapers, fired several missiles at a compound in the bazaar in Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan, according to Xinhua (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-11/15/c_131247503.htm).
The identities of those killed have not been disclosed. No senior Taliban, Haqqani Network, or al Qaeda leaders are reported to have been killed.
The Miramshah area is administered by the Haqqani Network, a powerful Taliban subgroup. Hafiz Gul Bahadar, the top Taliban leader in North Waziristan, also has a presence in Miramshah.
The US has targeted top Haqqani Network leaders with the unmanned drones in Miramshah in the past. Jan Baz Zadran, whom US intelligence officials have described as the Haqqani Network's third in command (http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/10/us_kills_haqqani_net.php), was killed in a Predator strike in Danda Darpa Khel, just outside of Miramshah, on Oct. 13. Jan Baz is the most senior Haqqani Network leader killed or captured in either Pakistan or Afghanistan since the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001. He was killed just two weeks after the Haqqani Network's top leader in Afghanistan was captured (http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/10/special_operations_f_10.php) by US Special Operations forces in Paktia province.
The US has stepped up pressure on the Haqqani Network, which operates in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, and is linked to both al Qaeda and the Pakistani military and the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate. The Haqqani Network supports and shelters a constellation of regional and international terror group groups in North Waziristan, and fights NATO and Afghan forces across the border [for more information on the Haqqani Network, see LWJ report, US adds senior Haqqani Network leader to terrorist list (http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/11/us_adds_senior_haqqa.php)].
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/11/us_predators_strike_33.php#ixzz1dntmVoaE
November 15, 2011
--
US Predators killed five people in an airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
The unmanned CIA-operated Predators, or the more deadly Reapers, fired several missiles at a compound in the bazaar in Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan, according to Xinhua (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-11/15/c_131247503.htm).
The identities of those killed have not been disclosed. No senior Taliban, Haqqani Network, or al Qaeda leaders are reported to have been killed.
The Miramshah area is administered by the Haqqani Network, a powerful Taliban subgroup. Hafiz Gul Bahadar, the top Taliban leader in North Waziristan, also has a presence in Miramshah.
The US has targeted top Haqqani Network leaders with the unmanned drones in Miramshah in the past. Jan Baz Zadran, whom US intelligence officials have described as the Haqqani Network's third in command (http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/10/us_kills_haqqani_net.php), was killed in a Predator strike in Danda Darpa Khel, just outside of Miramshah, on Oct. 13. Jan Baz is the most senior Haqqani Network leader killed or captured in either Pakistan or Afghanistan since the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001. He was killed just two weeks after the Haqqani Network's top leader in Afghanistan was captured (http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/10/special_operations_f_10.php) by US Special Operations forces in Paktia province.
The US has stepped up pressure on the Haqqani Network, which operates in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, and is linked to both al Qaeda and the Pakistani military and the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate. The Haqqani Network supports and shelters a constellation of regional and international terror group groups in North Waziristan, and fights NATO and Afghan forces across the border [for more information on the Haqqani Network, see LWJ report, US adds senior Haqqani Network leader to terrorist list (http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/11/us_adds_senior_haqqa.php)].
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/11/us_predators_strike_33.php#ixzz1dntmVoaE