CIA kicking ass and taking names.
(LWJ) — US Predators struck again in Pakistan’s lawless tribal agencies, killing 18 Taliban fighters today in an airstrike carried out by multiple drones in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan.
A swarm of five unmanned CIA-operated Predators, or the more deadly Reapers, fired a barrage of up to 10 missiles “into the sprawling compound in the Baber Ghar area” in South Waziristan, according to AFP. The strike took place less than two miles from the border with Afghanistan’s Paktia province.
The identities of those killed have not been disclosed. Among those reportedly killed along with some members of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan are several “foreign fighters,” a term used to describe al Qaeda operatives. Although no senior Taliban or al Qaeda leaders have been reported killed, the mode of the strike — multiple drones firing a large amount of missiles — indicates the target was considered to be important.
The strike took place in an area of South Waziristan under the control of Mullah Nazir, a Taliban commander who also has expressed his affinity with al Qaeda.