[DAC22]

"MSNBC just said they hit with 10 hellfires."


That equals 5 drones, hard to believe, unless it came from multiple aircraft instead.

[Dog]

They are saying mulitple aircraft.

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CNN now confirming that the CIA did target Zawahiri with the strike. Still no confirmation that they got him, will be some time before Pakistani government can verify.

[Wolfstar]

CBS News online finally has a story up. They could not wait to turn on the tears for the terrorists angle of the story.

Air Strike May Have Targeted Zawahiri

CBS/AP) There was an air strike today on a Pakistani village near the Afghan border and word tonight is it may have targeted Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, CBS News reports.

Villagers in the remote area say 17 people were killed by bombs or missiles, but it is not clear if Zawahiri or other al Qaeda operatives were there.

Zawahiri is believed to have used the area as a hideout. He was last seen just last week, denouncing the U.S. in a videotape carried on an Islamic Web site.

In Pakistan, weeping villagers dug through the rubble of destroyed homes.

[EXCERPT, click above link to read whole piece]