A US missile strike on Saturday killed at least four militants in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt, Pakistani security and intelligence officials said. (AFP/Graphic)
Posted on 01/09/2010 2:40:42 PM PST by NormsRevenge
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) – A US missile strike on Saturday killed at least four militants in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt, Pakistani security and intelligence officials said.
The missile struck a compound in Ismail Khel village, 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border.
"A US drone fired two missiles, which hit a compound used by militants as a training centre," a senior security official told AFP.
He said that the identity of the militants was not immediately known, adding it was also not clear whether any high-value target was present in the area at the time of the strike.
An intelligence official in the area also confirmed the strike and casualties.
"The latest death toll is four now," he said.
Residents said that the compound belonged to a local tribesman named Rasta Barkhan who had links with Taliban militants.
A local resident on condition of anonymity told AFP that five drone aircraft made very low-altitude flights before the missile strike.
Officials say the attack took place in the stronghold of Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a militant who fought with the Taliban when US-led troops invaded Afghanistan.
Bahadur is reputed to control up to 2,000 fighters whom he sends across the border but who do not attack in Pakistan.
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sounds like they used a swarm of drones..
Keep up the mighty fine shooting!
A US missile strike on Saturday killed at least four militants in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt, Pakistani security and intelligence officials said. (AFP/Graphic)
4 vampires dead?
The number should be multiplied by 10,000.
ap thread yesterday
Pakistani officials: Suspected US missiles kill 4
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2423966/posts
Did Obama give them their miranda rights before executing them? Just sayin’!
.....swarm of drones....
Interesting tactic
Why that many? Why low altitude?
Were they all bait to draw fire?
That was my first question too.
Rasta?
DRONES AND DRIVEL
Obomber`s right hand [DRONES] doesn’t know what his left hand [DRIVEL] is doing. Same enemy,blow them up in foreign countries on one hand, talk nonsense to Americans about those coming here on the other.
It appears that he is delusional and has mental incapacity to discern reality from delusion.
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