Start the Weekend Early! Two U.S. Drone Strikes In North Waziristan Erase 9 Taliban From the Face of the Earth

Celebrate with me, won't you? We now have a Planet Earth that has nine fewer Taliban than it had this morning...thank goodness! And the weekend if off to a blood mist start...if you are a Taliban in North Waziristan. Two separate U.S. predator drone strikes in North Waziristan during the evening hours have killed 9 Taliban and this opens the door to what could be an all time record for weekend jihadis biting the dust in the NW Pakistani agency.

From the report at DAWN:

Intelligence officials say two suspected US missile strikes have killed nine people in a northwest Pakistan tribal region along the Afghan border.

One strike Friday evening in the town of Mohammad Khel killed four people and a second in Datta Khel killed five, two officials said.

The area of the strikes in North Waziristan is believed to be controlled by Pakistani Taliban militants.

The officials say all nine dead are believed to be militants and some may be foreign fighters. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

There has been NO sign of ANY let up by the CIA controlled drones in the area - let's face it, North Waziristan has become a barrel and the Taliban are the fish and the CIA is doing the shooting. It really is glorious.

You know, I just had an idea. Perhaps we outta start a little lottery board here at Holger where you all, in comments, pick the number of Taliban killed over the Friday-Sunday weekend. Anyone that wants to play, just put your guess into comments. ;)

US missiles kill nine in North Waziristan


ISLAMABAD: Intelligence officials say two suspected US missile strikes have killed nine people in a northwest Pakistan tribal region along the Afghan border.

One strike Friday evening in the town of Mohammad Khel killed four people and a second in Datta Khel killed five, two officials said.

The area of the strikes in North Waziristan is believed to be controlled by Pakistani Taliban militants.

The officials say all nine dead are believed to be militants and some may be foreign fighters. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The strikes would be the seventh missile attacks this month, keeping up a recent surge in such CIA-run, drone-fired attacks. – AP