Via LWJ:

The US killed seven suspected militants in a drone strike in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Today’s strike is just the second in Pakistan this month.

The CIA-operated, remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired four missiles at “two houses suspected of being a militant hideout” in the Shawal area of North Waziristan this afternoon, Xinhua reported. The identities of the fighters thought to have been killed have not been disclosed.

The Shawal Valley is a known haven for al Qaeda and other terror groups operating in the region. A host of Taliban, Pakistani, and foreign terrorist groups gather in the Shawal Valley and then enter Afghanistan to fight US, NATO, and Afghan government forces.

The last US drone strike to hit the Shawal Valley took place on July 28. Three al Qaeda military trainers from the Lashkar al Zil, or Shadow Army, were among those killed in the attack. The al Qaeda fighters were identified as Abu Rashid from Saudi Arabia, Muhammed Ilyas Kuwaiti from Kuwait, and Muhammed Sajid Yamani from Yemen.