Breaking: U.S. Missile Strike Hits Taliban In Pakistan

Yesssss ! We did it again! A U.S. drone has dealt death to the Taliban leadership in NW Pakistan once again and I cannot contain my glee. The details are a bit sketchy but I will link to only two stories I've found on this air strike - there's one here at Breitbart and one here at Yahoo News. And an excerpt from both of those articles:

Maulvi Mohammad Umar, a spokesman for Pakistani Taliban, said two guided missiles were fired from a drone flying over the area and the house of local Taliban leader Maulvi Obaid ullah near the Afghan border was targeted.
"This is a conspiracy to sabotage the ongoing talks between the government and local Taliban," Umar said.
Umar said a house and a mosque were destroyed, and several natives, including local Taliban, were killed in the attack.

"We have reports that the missile strike killed at least 12 militants including some foreigners," the official said.
The houses targeted belonged to Maulvi Taj Mohammad and Maulvi Hassan, the official said, though it was unclear if they had been killed in the strikes.

You can see the U.S. was more than likely targeting these two Taliban leaders and for the reason why...let's look at one line from the second article:

"Both were al-Qaeda facilitators," he said, adding there was an ammunition dump in one of the houses.

See that? These misfits were "al Qaeda facilitators" and that speaks volumes. Every one of the U.S. initiated air strikes that has occurred inside of Pakistan has had targets somehow, someway related to al Qaeda. It's pretty clear to me that somewhere in the hands of the U.S. command in Afghanistan, there is a Taliban singing his heart out about the location of al Qaeda linked Taliban in NW Pakistan. That, plus some Special Ops work I'm sure none of us will ever know about.

The fact that these attacks have resumed it great news - it shows that the U.S. has not received the flak for any attacks inside Pakistan and it leaves the door WIDE OPEN for any real life tips on bin Laden and #2. I guess it isn't actually so safe to hide in Pakistan now, is it? :mwahahaha:

Pakistani militants killed in air strike

At least a dozen militants including foreign fighters have been killed in a suspected US missile strike on two houses in north-western Pakistan, a senior security official says.
Two missiles apparently fired by a US drone aircraft demolished a house and a compound used by suspected al-Qaeda militants in Bajaur tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, the official, who declined to be identified, told AFP.

"We have reports that the missile strike killed at least 12 militants including some foreigners," the official said.
The houses targeted belonged to Maulvi Taj Mohammad and Maulvi Hassan, the official said, though it was unclear if they had been killed in the strikes.
"Both were al-Qaeda facilitators," he said, adding there was an ammunition dump in one of the houses.
Separately, chief military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told AFP that the army was unaware of any missile strike in the region.
"We have no information about the strike," he said, adding the army was not in the area.
Similar missile attacks in the past have claimed the lives of several militants in Pakistan's volatile tribal belt.
Although there were no immediate claims of responsibility on Wednesday, a US Predator drone targeted al-Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Damadola in January 2006, killing several rebels but missing him.
A similar missile strike on a pro-Taliban militant camp in another tribal area killed 10 people in November last year, though it was not clear who was responsible.
Pakistan's army at the time said it was not involved while the US-led coalition in Afghanistan, the only force known to operate drones in the area, said it was not aware of any activity.
The attack on Wednesday came as NATO urged Pakistan to improve security on its border with Afghanistan following a rise in cross-border attacks by Taliban fighters and al-Qaeda militants.
"The number of attacks is up significantly from the same period last year," the alliance's chief spokesman James Appathurai said in Brussels. "There is not enough effectiveness in border control on Pakistan's side."