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By Bill Roggio @ longwarjournal
June 27, 2011
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US Predators struck for the first time in a week, in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan today, killing 21 "militants" in two attacks, according to reports from the region.
In the first strike, the remotely-piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired four missiles at a vehicle traveling in the village of Ghalmandi Panga in the Birmal area of South Waziristan. Eight "militants" were killed in the strike, according to Reuters (http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=33536).
The second strike targeted a Taliban camp that was described as "a big compound which was used as training center" in the town of Mantoi, about 20 miles north of Wana. Thirteen more "militants" were killed in the second strike.
The strikes took place in an area close to the border of North Waziristan that is used by fighters loyal to Taliban commanders Hafiz Gul Bahadar and Mullah Nazir, as well as by the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
Also today, in North Waziristan a Taliban commander named Shakirullah Shakir was reported to have been gunned down while riding a motorcycle near Miramshah. Shakir is a spokesman for the Fedayeen-e-Islam, the suicide squad for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. Shakir has claimed that the Fedayeen-e-Islam executed suicide attacks in Lahore in September 2010 (http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/09/taliban_kill_48_in_a.php) and January 2011 (http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/01/suicide_bombers_kill_5.php). Most recently, Shakir boasted that more than 1,000 suicide bombers were training at three camps in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/06/us_predators_kill_13_1.php#ixzz1QWmIra1A
By Bill Roggio @ longwarjournal
June 27, 2011
---
US Predators struck for the first time in a week, in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan today, killing 21 "militants" in two attacks, according to reports from the region.
In the first strike, the remotely-piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired four missiles at a vehicle traveling in the village of Ghalmandi Panga in the Birmal area of South Waziristan. Eight "militants" were killed in the strike, according to Reuters (http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=33536).
The second strike targeted a Taliban camp that was described as "a big compound which was used as training center" in the town of Mantoi, about 20 miles north of Wana. Thirteen more "militants" were killed in the second strike.
The strikes took place in an area close to the border of North Waziristan that is used by fighters loyal to Taliban commanders Hafiz Gul Bahadar and Mullah Nazir, as well as by the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
Also today, in North Waziristan a Taliban commander named Shakirullah Shakir was reported to have been gunned down while riding a motorcycle near Miramshah. Shakir is a spokesman for the Fedayeen-e-Islam, the suicide squad for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. Shakir has claimed that the Fedayeen-e-Islam executed suicide attacks in Lahore in September 2010 (http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/09/taliban_kill_48_in_a.php) and January 2011 (http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/01/suicide_bombers_kill_5.php). Most recently, Shakir boasted that more than 1,000 suicide bombers were training at three camps in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/06/us_predators_kill_13_1.php#ixzz1QWmIra1A