Ancora bombardamenti obamiani in Pakistan
Altri trentatré morti in due bombardamenti americani con in Predator. In totale sono 28, da quando Obama è presidente. Sempre silenziosi i giornali.
Altri trentatré morti in due bombardamenti americani con in Predator. In totale sono 28, da quando Obama è presidente. Sempre silenziosi i giornali.
US kills 25 Taliban in second Predator strike in South Waziristan
By Bill RoggioJuly 8, 2009 10:30 AM
The US conducted a second Predator airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan today.
Unmanned Predator strike aircraft pounded a Taliban convoy, killing 25 fighters and destroying five vehicles.
"We have reports that 25 militants have been killed," an intelligence official told Reuters.
The US was "gunning for a HVT [high value target]," or a senior al Qaeda or Taliban leader, a US intelligence official told The Long War Journal. "We believe there were some foreign al Qaeda fighters in that convoy."
The attack on the convoy was the second today, and the third in 24 hours. Earlier today, eight Taliban fighters were killed when Predators fired six Hellfire missiles on a Taliban training camp in Karwan Manza. The camp is run by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
Yesterday's strike on a Taliban training camp in the village of Zangra in the Ladha region killed 12 Taliban and four al Qaeda fighters.
South Waziristan is a major focus of the US air campaign against al Qaeda and the Taliban. Of the 29 US strikes carried out in Pakistan this year, 21 of them took place in South Waziristan.
Baitullah Mehsud's territory has been hit 13 times and Mullah Nazir's areas have been hit eight times. Both Nazir and Baitullah host al Qaeda training camps and shelter senior leaders of the terror group. Seven of the last nine attacks have targeted Baitullah's camps and safe houses.
The US is well on its way to exceeding last year's total of 36 airstrikes in Pakistan.
US attacks inside Pakistan during 2009:
• US kills 25 Taliban in second Predator strike in South WaziristanJuly 8, 2009
By Bill RoggioJuly 8, 2009 10:30 AM
The US conducted a second Predator airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan today.
Unmanned Predator strike aircraft pounded a Taliban convoy, killing 25 fighters and destroying five vehicles.
"We have reports that 25 militants have been killed," an intelligence official told Reuters.
The US was "gunning for a HVT [high value target]," or a senior al Qaeda or Taliban leader, a US intelligence official told The Long War Journal. "We believe there were some foreign al Qaeda fighters in that convoy."
The attack on the convoy was the second today, and the third in 24 hours. Earlier today, eight Taliban fighters were killed when Predators fired six Hellfire missiles on a Taliban training camp in Karwan Manza. The camp is run by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
Yesterday's strike on a Taliban training camp in the village of Zangra in the Ladha region killed 12 Taliban and four al Qaeda fighters.
South Waziristan is a major focus of the US air campaign against al Qaeda and the Taliban. Of the 29 US strikes carried out in Pakistan this year, 21 of them took place in South Waziristan.
Baitullah Mehsud's territory has been hit 13 times and Mullah Nazir's areas have been hit eight times. Both Nazir and Baitullah host al Qaeda training camps and shelter senior leaders of the terror group. Seven of the last nine attacks have targeted Baitullah's camps and safe houses.
The US is well on its way to exceeding last year's total of 36 airstrikes in Pakistan.
US attacks inside Pakistan during 2009:
• US kills 25 Taliban in second Predator strike in South WaziristanJuly 8, 2009
• US Predator strike kills 14 Taliban in South WaziristanJuly 7, 2009
• 13 Taliban fighters killed in US airstrikes in PakistanJuly 3, 2009
• Six killed in US Predator attack in South WaziristanJune 23, 2009
• US strikes target Mullah Nazir in South WaziristanJune 18, 2009
• US kills five in South Waziristan strikeJune 14, 2009
• US strikes Taliban, al Qaeda in North WaziristanMay 16, 2009
• US strikes again in South WaziristanMay 12, 2009
• US strike kills 10 Taliban in South WaziristanApril 29, 2009
• US airstrike targets Taliban training camp in South WaziristanApril 19, 2009
• US Predator kills four in South Waziristan strikeApril 8, 2009
• US strikes Haqqani Network in North WaziristanApril 4, 2009
• US launches first strike in Arakzai tribal agencyApril 1, 2009
• Latest US strike targets al Qaeda safe house in North WaziristanMarch 26, 2009
• US airstrike kills 8 in Baitullah Mehsud's hometownMarch 25, 2009
• US launches second strike outside of Pakistan's tribal areasMarch 15, 2009
• US missile strike in Kurram agency kills 14March 12, 2009
• US airstrike kills 8 in South WaziristanMarch 1, 2009
• US airstrike in Pakistan's Kurram tribal agency kills 30Feb. 16, 2009
• US Predator strike in South Waziristan kills 25Feb. 14, 2009
• US strikes al Qaeda in North and South WaziristanJan. 23, 2009
• US hits South Waziristan in second strikeJan. 2, 2009
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