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US airstrike targets Taliban training camp in South Waziristan
The US launched an attack against a terror training camp in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan.An unmanned Predator strike aircraft fired two Hellfire missiles at a Taliban and al Qaeda training camp in Gangi Khel near the town of Wana, a US intelligence official familiar with the attacks in Pakistan's northwest told The Long War Journal. The camp was also used by the Jaish-e-Mohammed, a Pakistani terror group that has fought in Kashmir but has largely relocated to Pakistan's tribal areas, the official said. Eight Taliban fighters are thought to have been killed in the strike, Geo News reported. No senior Taliban or al Qaeda leaders have been reported killed at this time. Today's strike in Gangi Khel is the third attack in the village time this year. "The place is a Taliban hotbed," the US intelligence official said. A Jan. 23 Predator attack hit a Taliban compound in the town. Ten al Qaeda and Taliban fighters were reported killed in that attack. An April 8 strike on a Taliban truck at a bazaar killed four Taliban and al Qaeda fighters. Posted by: Glenmore 2009-04-19 |
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