Hellfire unleashed in Pak tribal area

Reuters:

A pilotless U.S. drone was suspected to have fired a missile into a Pakistani area on the Afghan border on Tuesday, but there was no word on the target or casualties, a government official said.

The missile was thought to have been fired into the Mohmand ethnic Pashtun tribal area in northwest Pakistan where this year, U.S.-controlled Predator aircraft have struck at least four sites used by al Qaeda operatives, killing dozens of suspected militants.

"There was an attack by a spy plane close to the Afghan border but we don't have information about casualties or damage," said the government official based in the region. He declined to be identified.

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It usually takes a few days for al Qaeda to acknowledge their casualties. US signal intelligence has made it difficult for their command and control effort to communicate. At some point someone will be able to get on the internet and explain who their latest "martyr" is. Hellfire missiles from Predators have taken the word "safe" out of enemy "safe houses" in the Pakistan tribal areas.