Posted on 04/22/2011 1:36:01 AM PDT by csvset
PESHAWAR: Four missiles fired by two suspected US pilotless aircrafts hit a house in North Waziristan on the Afghan border on Friday, killing 25 militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
The drone strike happened in Mir Ali, a town about 35 kilometres east of the region’s main town of Miranshah.
An intelligence official in the region, who requested not to be identified, told Reuters that the house was being used as a militant hideout.
“The militants have surrounded the area where the attack happened and are not allowing anybody to go there,” he said, adding 25 bodies had been recovered from the rubble and three women were among those killed.
Another official said some foreign militants were among the dead, but that their numbers and nationalities could not confirmed.
The strike came two days after a visit to Islamabad by Admiral Mike Mullen, the top US military official, in which he expressed concern over continuing links between Pakistan’s main intelligence agency, the ISI, and militants attacking US-led forces across the border in Afghanistan.
North Waziristan is a known sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban militants near the Afghan border.
The United States has been using drone attacks to target al Qaeda-linked militants over the past few years in Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas, a source of concern for the Pakistan government, which says civilian casualties stoke public anger and bolster support for militancy.
I hope they finally nailed some people who were really, really important. The fact some of the dead indicates the possibility. The three top guys are thought to travel with their wives.
Gosh Doll, I do hope no Moderate Muslims were hurt!
This will be used to justify the cry "They're killing innocent civilians!"
I'm sure some were, or will have been. If they didn't keep a wife and a couple of kids around just to make us look bad if this happened, they'll collect a couple of kids from the neighborhood, blow them up, and then take pictures to put the blame on us.
Sounds like a very good opportunity to do a follow up strike.
You beat me to it.
Hit ‘em again—Harder Harder.
Mike
And he´s comfortable with that?...
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