Feel good story of the day.
(LWJ)– Today, US Predators launched thee airstrikes in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, killing 13 “militants” in an area known to host al Qaeda’s top leaders.
The first strike took place in the Datta Khel area, a command and control center for al Qaeda and allied terror groups. The unmanned Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired two missiles at a vehicle as it pulled up to a compound in the area.
A Pakistani intelligence official said all of those killed in that strike were “local militants,” but did not identify which group they belonged to. “Preliminary reports said all of them were local militants but we are trying to get more information,” the official told AFP.
Predators carried out a follow-up strike in the Datta Khel area, killing three more “militants” as they were riding motorcycles. “Foreigners,” a term reserved for Arab al Qaeda and Central Asian terrorists, may have been killed in the second strike.
In the third strike, Predators fired several missiles at a vehicle parked at a compound in the town of Mandi Khel. Six terrorists were reported killed in the third attack.