[Dawn] A US dronezap waxed four bad boyz Monday and destroyed an al-Qaeda fortress in Pakistain's primitive tribal badlands along the Afghan border, local security officials said.Pak officials say unmanned US aircraft have significantly stepped up attacks on Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked operatives
... not that there's a real difference between the two in that neck of the woods...
in the semi-autonomous region this month, clocking up at least 19 attacks in 24 days.
Monday's strike took place in Khushali Toorikhel village southeast of Miramshah, the main town in North Wazoo,
... aka Haqqani Central...
the tribal district that has been the focus of the covert drone campaign as a Taliban and Al-Qaeda stronghold.
"We can now confirm that four forces of Evil were launched into the Great Beyond when a US drone fired two missiles on a bad turban compound," a senior Pak security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Another security official confirmed the attack and the corpse count.
"We don't yet know the identities of those killed," the official said.
Pak security officials also said US drones carried out missile strikes in North Wazoo on Saturday and Sunday, killing at least 11 bad turbans.