Great, great news! The U.S. is operating full steam ahead even though the Pakistanis have been rumbling (and even shooting at U.S. Helicopters) about the air strikes inside of Pakistan. In this attack, which is the seventh attack in less than a month, five were killed when a predator UAV sent two hellfires from Heaven into a house in North Waziristan, Pakistan. Here's some of the details from the report at Reuters:
This proves the resolve of the U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and it also shows the full benefits of the UAV program. I simply cannot imagine how more successful the unmanned predator drone program could have been in both Iraq and Afghanistan and now, in Pakistan. The risks to our military are non-existent with these drones and their accuracy is already legend. Now granted, there are times when a drone's hellfire missiles are going to be a little on the "light" side for some buildings targeted but this is proof that a couple of hellfire can take out five jihadists inside a building.
The only thing left now is to find out who exactly these putzes were that just got exterminated. We have seen that the U.S. is not using these attacks willy nilly - they are targeting very high value targets and I'm sure the case is true here. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to get the names in a day or two.
A U.S. pilotless drone fired two missiles at a house in northwest Pakistan killing five people, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said Wednesday.
Frustrated by an intensifying Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, U.S. forces have in the past month carried out seven missile strikes by pilotless drones and a commando raid on the Pakistani side of the border.
In the latest attack, a drone fired two missiles at a house near the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan, at about midnight Tuesday (1800 GMT), two intelligence agency officials said.
The area is a known sanctuary for Pakistani Taliban and foreign militants near the Afghan border.
"We have reports of five dead including foreign militants," said one of the officers, who declined to be identified as he is not authorized to speak to the media.
This proves the resolve of the U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and it also shows the full benefits of the UAV program. I simply cannot imagine how more successful the unmanned predator drone program could have been in both Iraq and Afghanistan and now, in Pakistan. The risks to our military are non-existent with these drones and their accuracy is already legend. Now granted, there are times when a drone's hellfire missiles are going to be a little on the "light" side for some buildings targeted but this is proof that a couple of hellfire can take out five jihadists inside a building.
The only thing left now is to find out who exactly these putzes were that just got exterminated. We have seen that the U.S. is not using these attacks willy nilly - they are targeting very high value targets and I'm sure the case is true here. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to get the names in a day or two.
U.S. drone strike kills five in Pakistan: officials
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. pilotless drone fired two missiles at a house in northwest Pakistan killing five people, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said Wednesday.
Frustrated by an intensifying Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, U.S. forces have in the past month carried out seven missile strikes by pilotless drones and a commando raid on the Pakistani side of the border.
In the latest attack, a drone fired two missiles at a house near the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan, at about midnight Tuesday (1800 GMT), two intelligence agency officials said.
The area is a known sanctuary for Pakistani Taliban and foreign militants near the Afghan border.
"We have reports of five dead including foreign militants," said one of the officers, who declined to be identified as he is not authorized to speak to the media.
He said he had no more information about the casualties.
The U.S. strikes into Pakistan, in particular the September 3 raid by ground troops, have angered Pakistan, straining ties between the allies and leading to tension along the border which Pakistani forces have vowed to defend.
The government says the strikes are an infringement of Pakistani sovereignty.
U.S. commanders have spoken of respect for Pakistan's sovereignty but have suggested they will not stop cross-border strikes on militants.
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