Posted on 07/03/2013 4:10:56 AM PDT by csvset
MIRAMSHAH: At least 17 people were killed and two others injured in a US drone attack which targeted a house in the North Waziristan tribal region late on Tuesday night.
Sources told Dawn.com that the drone fired four missiles on the house near Miramshah bazaar in Sirai Darpakhel area, targeting the Haqqani residential compound and a car. The head commander Haji Shahrifullah of Haqqani, a militant network, is said to be safe, whereas 17 people were killed and two others injured in the attack.
Intelligence sources confirmed the death toll.
US officials consider the Haqqani network to be one of the most dangerous militant factions fighting American troops in Afghanistan.
The leadership of the Haqqani network pledges allegiance to Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar but operates fairly independently.
The drone attack was the biggest launched this year and the second since Nawaz Sharif took office as prime minister following his victory in the May 11 elections.
Nawaz has called for an immediate end to US drone strikes on the grounds they breach of Pakistan's sovereignty.
Let the drones rain on the Taliban leadership.
Remind you of another thread long ago?
Why aren’t the liberals going ape-s*** bonkers over this? If there was any intellectual honesty on the left side of the country, they’d be protesting outside the White House and camping out in the park near obama’s Chicago and/or Hawaiian home.
My question is if the target is still alive who are the other 17 or so poor schmucks that got killed? Women, kids, bystanders?
yup :~ )
Al Qaeda 'paramilitary commander,' Haqqani Network leader reported killed in recent drone strike
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