E-MAIL THIS LINK To:  US drone strike 'kills at least five' in North Waziristan A US drone strike targeting a Death Eater compound in Pakistain's northwestern tribal district killed at least five cut-throats late Tuesday, security officials said. The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles on the compound in the Shawal area, some 50 kilometres southwest of Miranshah ... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas... , the main town of North Wazoo tribal district, near the Afghan border. The area is considered to be a hub of Taliban and al Qaeda activity. "At least five cut-throats have been killed and three have been maimed. The compound was completely destroyed," a security bigshot based in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar city told AFP. All those killed were fighters linked with local warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur, another security official based in Miranshah told AFP. Bahadur, who is allied with Afghan Taliban, is accused of fighting US-led troops across the border. Posted by: Fred 2012-06-27 http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=347303