Yep. Paydirt was reached this morning as a U.S. predator drone sent two hellfire missiles into a compound in a Pakistani village and killed five Taliban targets and wounded three. Here's some of the report from DAWN:
I think the heartwarming part of a strike like this is that it appears from the article that five Taliban got killed ...but as we have seen over and over again, these drone strikes have been precise in their nature of targeting solid leadership figures. In other words, I am confident that in a few days or so, we will find out that one or two of these dead or injured Taliban will end up being a "big fish." At the same time, we can't rule out the fact that one or two of these targets were al Qaeda.
Missiles fired from a US drone aircraft killed five suspected militants at a training compound in Pakistan's lawless northwest tribal belt on Sunday, officials said.
The missiles slammed into a building near the town of Mirali about 25 kilometres east of Miramshah, capital of the insurgency-plagued tribal region of North Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan.
I think the heartwarming part of a strike like this is that it appears from the article that five Taliban got killed ...but as we have seen over and over again, these drone strikes have been precise in their nature of targeting solid leadership figures. In other words, I am confident that in a few days or so, we will find out that one or two of these dead or injured Taliban will end up being a "big fish." At the same time, we can't rule out the fact that one or two of these targets were al Qaeda.
US drone fires into North Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH: Missiles fired from a US drone aircraft killed five suspected militants at a training compound in Pakistan's lawless northwest tribal belt on Sunday, officials said.
The missiles slammed into a building near the town of Mirali about 25 kilometres east of Miramshah, capital of the insurgency-plagued tribal region of North Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan.
“Two missiles landed on a militant compound in Zor Babar Aidak village near Mirali town,” said a security official based in Miranshah.
“The US drone strike killed five people and wounded three others.”
A local government official confirmed the strike, and said the targeted compound was used for training insurgents.
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