Yessssss! Let's go right to the article here at Breitbart and look at how this missile strike is being reported:
As I have stated many times here, the U.S. operational mode for these air strikes in northwestern Pakistan have always had one thing in common - the targets were either al Qaeda or linked to al Qaeda and note in the above, "including foreigners." This is just bloody awesome. Now look at who they hit:
As is usual, we'll have to probably wait a couple of days to get more and more details as to how many were killed and also, if any specific strategic al Qaeda were nailed but this is exactly the kind of attack that we have needed the past couple of weeks. I mean, it's wonderful to kill off al Qaeda in Pakistan whether it is nine of them or 24 but what this does is send shockwaves across northwestern Pakistan that al Qaeda and Taliban working with them are not safe.
Believe me, there are al Qaeda leaders along with Taliban commanders throughout the northwest area of Pakistan that are looking up to the skies a helluva lot more today.
A suspected U.S. missile strike targeting an alleged militant gathering point killed at least nine people, including foreigners, in northwestern Pakistan, military and intelligence officials said Wednesday.
At least four missiles struck a compound in a remote and mountainous area near Angore Adda in the South Waziristan tribal region late Tuesday, the officials told The Associated Press.
As I have stated many times here, the U.S. operational mode for these air strikes in northwestern Pakistan have always had one thing in common - the targets were either al Qaeda or linked to al Qaeda and note in the above, "including foreigners." This is just bloody awesome. Now look at who they hit:
Two intelligence officials said between 22 and 25 people died, including Arabs, Turkmen and Pakistani militants in what they believed was a U.S. missile strike launched from Afghanistan.There you have it - the mention of Arabs, Turkmen and Pakistanis - that means al Qaeda and more than likely, these were al Qaeda brought in to help Hekmatyar's forces.
They said the camp is linked to the militant group of Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whose followers are fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. They said it was not clear if the camp leader, an Afghan identified as Commander Zangeer, or senior militants were killed.
The intelligence officials said their information on the attack came from local informants.
A U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan denied involvement. "I've got no reports of any border incidents, any cross-border incidents, so it wasn't us," U.S. 1st Lt. Nathan Perry said.
A denial does not rule out U.S. involvement, including by the CIA, which is believed to have conducted previous such strikes using Predator drones. Pakistan has in the past protested such strikes as violations of its sovereignty.
As is usual, we'll have to probably wait a couple of days to get more and more details as to how many were killed and also, if any specific strategic al Qaeda were nailed but this is exactly the kind of attack that we have needed the past couple of weeks. I mean, it's wonderful to kill off al Qaeda in Pakistan whether it is nine of them or 24 but what this does is send shockwaves across northwestern Pakistan that al Qaeda and Taliban working with them are not safe.
Believe me, there are al Qaeda leaders along with Taliban commanders throughout the northwest area of Pakistan that are looking up to the skies a helluva lot more today.
Officials: Missile strike kills 9 in Pakistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected U.S. missile strike targeting an alleged militant gathering point killed at least nine people, including foreigners, in northwestern Pakistan, military and intelligence officials said Wednesday.
At least four missiles struck a compound in a remote and mountainous area near Angore Adda in the South Waziristan tribal region late Tuesday, the officials told The Associated Press.
The tribal regions are considered havens for al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants, and the U.S. has pushed Pakistan to root out the insurgents in those semi-autonomous areas bordering Afghanistan.
The military official said at least nine people died. Two intelligence officials said between 22 and 25 people died, including Arabs, Turkmen and Pakistani militants in what they believed was a U.S. missile strike launched from Afghanistan.
They said the camp is linked to the militant group of Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whose followers are fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. They said it was not clear if the camp leader, an Afghan identified as Commander Zangeer, or senior militants were killed.
The intelligence officials said their information on the attack came from local informants.
A U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan denied involvement. "I've got no reports of any border incidents, any cross-border incidents, so it wasn't us," U.S. 1st Lt. Nathan Perry said.
A denial does not rule out U.S. involvement, including by the CIA, which is believed to have conducted previous such strikes using Predator drones. Pakistan has in the past protested such strikes as violations of its sovereignty.
Pakistan's army spokesman was not immediately available to comment Wednesday. The other officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media.
Suspected U.S. missile strikes have killed at least two senior al-Qaida militants inside Pakistan this year, including an renowned Egyptian explosives and poison expert, Abu Khabab al-Masri, who died in a strike in South Waziristan in late July.
Meanwhile, in the Khyber tribal region early Wednesday, Haji Namdar, the leader of the outlawed Vice and Virtue Movement, was shot dead by unknown gunmen who attacked his group's headquarters, his spokesman said.
Namdar died of his wounds after he was shifted to a local hospital from the shooting in Barqambarkhel, about seven miles from the region's main town of Bara, Munsaf Khan said.
Namdar's supporters captured two suspects after the shooting, Khan said. He refused to identify the suspects and said it was too early to say who was behind the attack.
Government officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
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This is how we win in Afghanistan, by pounding the hell out of them in their "safe" locations. More please...
Exactly Shark - i'd love to see one of these attacks EACH and EVERY day!
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