Suspected US Strike in Pakistan -- Time Magazine
(DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan) — Missiles from a suspected U.S. drone aircraft struck a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander on Monday, killing at least nine people, officials and witnesses said.
The explosions occurred in a village in North Waziristan, a militant stronghold in Pakistan's northwestern wild tribal belt and a possible hiding place for Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri.
A Pakistani intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of his job, said three suspected foreign militants and two children were among the dead in what appeared to be part of a stepped-up U.S. campaign against militant havens in Pakistan's tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan.
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Update: Witnesses: U.S. drones hit Taliban targets -- MSNBC
My Comment: These stepped up attacks indicate that a large number of intelligence assets are on the ground looking for Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders in Pakistan. Do not be surprised if more attacks happen in the weeks to come.
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Nicely stolen photo ... planning on crediting the photographer at all?
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