Mehsud's Taliban gang eat some Hellfire
BBC:
It is very likely that a Reaper was used in the attacks. Predators only carry two missiles and it is alleged in both attacks that three were fired. One Reaper could have been responsible for both strikes and could have followed the bodies of the first to die to their funeral services. The war against the Taliban is stepping up and they are finding it difficult to hide.
Bill Roggio has a lengthy report on the attacks. The first attack may have been prompted by a meeting of Taliban leaders.
The Daily Times gave this account:At least 45 people have died in a missile strike by a US drone aircraft in Pakistan, officials there have said.
The people killed in South Waziristan region had been attending a funeral for others killed in a US drone strike earlier on Tuesday.
Intelligence officials said at least 45 people had been killed and dozens more injured in the later strike, when two missiles were fired.
But a local official told BBC News the death toll was more than 50.
The region is a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
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...Mehsud was responsible for the death of a rival chieftain shortly before the Hellfire attacks.
... the first drone fired three missiles on Tuesday morning, adding that “six militants were killed and seven others wounded in the attack”. Another security official confirmed the incident and casualties, saying the missiles had destroyed a compound, a bunker and two vehicles of the Taliban.
Second strike: As the Taliban gathered for funeral prayers later in the day, another drone aircraft dropped three more missiles, officials said. The second bombing killed at least 45 Taliban on Tuesday. “Three missiles were fired by drones as people were dispersing after offering funeral prayers for Niaz Wali,” an intelligence official said referring to a Taliban commander killed in the earlier drone attack on Tuesday. “Our agents in the area informed us that 11 militants were confirmed dead. We have reports of dozens wounded,” another security official based in the northwest told AFP. He said that hundreds of militants had assembled for the funeral prayers. “The reports we are receiving from the area said that the death toll may rise as hundreds of militants were attending the funeral prayers,” he added.
Not hurt: Mehsud, the Taliban chief accused of plotting the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007, had been in the area but was not hurt, a Taliban official said....
It is very likely that a Reaper was used in the attacks. Predators only carry two missiles and it is alleged in both attacks that three were fired. One Reaper could have been responsible for both strikes and could have followed the bodies of the first to die to their funeral services. The war against the Taliban is stepping up and they are finding it difficult to hide.
Bill Roggio has a lengthy report on the attacks. The first attack may have been prompted by a meeting of Taliban leaders.
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