U.S. Predators Are On The Hunt Again For Al Qaeda/Taliban Militants After Killing 11 In Pakistan

The target of the drone strike was a house in Inzarkas village in Dattakhel area. Photo AFP

US Predators Kill 11 'Militants' In al Qaeda Hub Of Datta Khel -- Long War Journal

US Predators killed 11 "militants" in a series of Predator strikes today in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.

The unmanned Predators or more deadly Reapers fired missiles at a compound and vehicles in the town of Lataka in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, The Associated Press reported. The Predators first fired on a compound, killing four "militants." Two vehicles were then fired on, killing five more terrorists, including two "foreigners," a term used to describe Arab or Central Asian al Qaeda fighters. The Predators then struck the compound as Taliban fighters attempted to recover bodies from the rubble, killing four more militants.

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