Predator Strike hits Taliban “hideout” killing senior Al Qaeda figure

by Infidelesto on December 10, 2009 · Comments

Please let it be Zawahiri.  More details will hopefully emerge.  For the latest check out Long War Journal’s coverage.

The US has conducted the first unmanned airstrike in the lawless tribal agency of South Waziristan since the Pakistani Army launched an offensive there in mid-October.

The strike, carried out by unmanned Predator or Reaper attack aircraft, hit a Taliban “hideout” in Tanga in the Ladha region in South Waziristan. Ladha is one of several Taliban strongholds that were the target of the Pakistani Army’s offensive against the Mehsud branch of the Taliban in South Waziristan.

Four al Qaeda operatives and two Taliban fighters were killed in the attack, according to reports from the region. “Eyewitnesses said the toll could be mount,” Geo News reported. It is not known if senior al Qaeda or Taliban commanders were killed in the attack.

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  • Steve Rogers
    My Brother-in-law will be shipped to The Middle East in April. His job is to work with drones. Not mechanical but Intel. Im not sure exactly what he does, because its classified and he doesnt talk about it. But, he could be in the thick of things and on the hunt for "The Big One". He is excited to be doing that kind of work. And I am DAMNED PROUD of him and ALL Who Serve.

    The more dead Al Qaeda the better.
  • JEWHAWK
    God Bless you, Steve. I wish the best for you, your brother-in-law and
    your country.

    You SHOULD be proud of him and all American military, for they are a
    bunch of PATRIOTS and HEROES. God Bless them all !!!

    As Irving Berlin, a fellow Jew once wrote :

    " God bless America,
    Land that I love,
    Stand beside her and guide her
    Thru the night with a light from above;

    From the mountains, to the prairies,
    To the oceans white with foam,
    God bless America,
    My home, sweet home.
    God bless America,
    My home, sweet home."

    I can ASSURE you Steve, that God will protect America.
  • JEWHAWK
    Santa Claus came to town a tad earlier than expected...

    You'd better watch out, damn muslims, the PREDATORS
    RULE !!!


  • tim in fla
    Send in the beetles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they have little cameras on them. HAHAHA
    This is getting fun!
  • Tonto
    It warms the cockles of my heart to hear about mooks getting killed......and I'm not even 100% sure what "cockles" are. It just makes me happy.
  • hellosnackbar
    The cockles of your heart are the valves;mitral,tricuspid and aortic.
    Each cusp looks a bit like a cockle shell.
  • Tonto
    Thanks, I've often wondered.
  • Freedomlvr
    Good Work. Kill all of Al Qaeda in Wakistan.
  • Beejj
    Why stop at Al Qaeda? Oops..........!
  • Freedomlvr
    Agreed Beejj. Take out the Taliban, Al-Stupidity, Al-Insane and all the rest of the brain washed crazies there.
  • Beej: Yea don't stop at anything, just keep Movin' On. Good goin' guys! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Infidels Are Cool. Yes I said Christmas so what is Obama, & WA DC going to do about it? Stick it busters! GRRRR
  • hellosnackbar
    Hooray!technology trumps Allah(the useless).
    When will they get it through their thick skulls that infidels always win.
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