Reports say U.S. missiles kill 12 in Pakistan

IHT ^ | 9/12/2008 | Pir Zubair Shah and Alan Cowell Published:

[tobyhill]

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: As the American campaign against suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan's tribal areas seemed to intensify, two missiles fired from American pilotless drones killed 12 people Friday in an attack on a village compound in North Waziristan, according to a local journalist and television reports.

At the same time, fighting between Pakistan security forces and militants elsewhere in the wild lands bordering Afghanistan killed 32 militants and two soldiers, The Associated Press reported, citing a Pakistan Army spokesman, Maj. Murad Khan.

The missile strike was said to have taken place near Miranshah, the main settlement in North Waziristan, before first light Friday and was aimed at the home of a local tribesman, Yousaf Khan Wazir, a local journalist said, speaking in return for customary anonymity.

[Devilinbaggypants]

Dang...this is more fun than hunting dove!

[shadowgovernment]

bout time we let the world know no sanctuary states..lets hope the same applies to Iran and Syria..but a few drone hits is lame- a more robust effort will change the

[70th Division]

What a beautiful post. Thanks.

[ChinaThreat]

I see GBUs on the wing mounts, but what are the black devices on the outside of the GBUs?

[Devilinbaggypants]

They're Hellfire's I believe.