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The story comes from DAWN.
Drone strikes in Waziristan tribal region kill 17
PESHAWAR: Missiles fired by unmanned US drones in Babargarh area at the border region between South and North Waziristan tribal regions killed 17 persons on Sunday.
Four unmanned drones fired ten missiles at three houses near the Pak-Afghan border region killing 17 people unnamed security officials said while talking to Dawn.com.
The suspected hideouts were completely destroyed in the attacks.
The hideouts belonged to Qari Imran, a militant commander believed to be affiliated with the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, who was the target of the attacks.
Other commanders were also suspected to have been killed in the strikes.
Official sources said that suicide attacks mastermind Wali Muhammad alias “Tufan Mehsud” was among the people killed in the drone attacks. He is said to be the cousin of TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud.
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Maulana Toofan is one of the dead! He was considered the cruelest of TTP leaders. I believe back in January 2010 when there was uncertainty of whether Hakimullah Mehsud had been killed or not it was Toofan's name that was mentioned as a possible successor. There was a video of him beating a tied up shopkeeper with a stick because the man was selling CD's. He was considered crueler than Swat Taliban commanders Fazllulah and Ibn Amin.
I guess this is where the example of my sleep not being disrurbed shows itself. Too bad tomorrow is Monday. That's the only spoiler for this otherwise pleasant Sunday. It's sunny, granted cold, but the sky is blue, the birds are chirping, my wife can't keep her hands of me and Maulana Toofan and possibly other senior Taliban members are dead. A Good Day.
Wilhelm, Vilnius Lithuania
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