[An Nahar] U.S. drones fired two missiles at a vehicle in Pakistain's northwestern tribal belt Thursday, killing four bad turbans, security officials said.The attack took place in Datta Khel town, 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a
ministatein centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
, the main town in the lawless North
Wazoo region, which borders Afghanistan. The area is a stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked bad turbans."Four drones came to the area around midnight and fired two missiles targeting a bad turban vehicle," a local security official said.
"At least four Islamic fascisti were killed, their vehicle was blown up," he said.
Another security official in the northwestern city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
, which lies on the edge of the tribal region, confirmed the attack and the casualties.
The covert strikes are publicly criticized by the Pak government as a violation of illusory sovereignty but American officials believe they are a vital weapon in the war against Islamist bad turbans.