Posted on 02/02/2010 9:43:31 AM PST by NormsRevenge
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) Numerous missiles fired from US drones on Tuesday killed at least ten militants in a village in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said.
"Up to eight US drones fired some 18 missiles at multiple militant targets in Datta khel village," a senior security official told AFP.
"Ten militants were killed in the missile strikes," the official said.
Local administration and intelligence officials confirmed the deaths after the volley of strikes reportedly struck militant hideouts and a training centre in three places in the village.
Residents in Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal district, said that they saw the drones flying overhead and heard the explosions from Datta khel, 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of the town.
North Waziristan is a known base for insurgents belonging to the Taliban and Haqqani networks, blamed for staging attacks on US and NATO troops in Afghanistan.
A series of drone strikes, which fuel anti-American sentiment in the nuclear-armed Muslim nation, have hit the northwest this month.
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TTP chief Hakeemullah Mehsud killed: PTV
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Taliban supremo Hakeemullah Mehsud was killed, state television said here on Sunday.
Hakeemullah Mehsud has been buried in a graveyard at Mamondzai area of Orakzai tribal region.
Mehsud was injured in a drone attack in Shaktoi area on January 14 and was succumbed to his injuries three days later, reports said.
Hakeemullah Mehsud was named the new chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan after death of Baitullah Mehsud who was also killed in a drone strike in tribal areas.
Hakimullahs likely successor also killed
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Maybe all we knew was that the succesoor was at this camp and decided to take out as many as we could....that will give them some trouble.
The Pakistani ISA must be real pissed off.
(Words about some event)....which fuels anti-American sentiment... (some more words about the event).
The Presstitute just couldn't resist inserting the same old boilerplate statement.
Probably pops up as a default, required entry, in the word processor he/she uses to write an article about any issue relating even remotely to the war.
I’ve not heard of it before.
Doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened previously.
Again it must have been a high value target.
Must have been pretty high value.
the volley of strikes reportedly struck militant hideouts and a training centre in three places in the villageThanks Ernest for the ping and NormsRevenge for posting it.
That’s what I figured.
It seems that there is always an understatement of the number of Hajis killed when we hit one of these Paki villages.
The CIA is still really pissed about that suicide bombing inside their camp.
They promised revenge and they have been dishing it out the last few days.
I think this strike has deeper implications, judged solely by the amount
WOW, I would have guessed 5 times that much!
Thanks for the info.
Sounds reasonable to me
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