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Wazoo tribal region early Saturday.Intelligence sources said that around 3am, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fired two missiles on a compound in Doga Madakhel village of Dattakhel tehsil, around 36 kilometres west of North Waziristan's capital 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...
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The strike left at least eight Lions of Islam dead, including some high value target, they said.
According to local sources, the Lions of Islam killed belonged to the Punjabi Taliban faction of the Pak Taliban as the compound hit by the missiles belonged to Punjabi Taliban.
The identity of those killed, however, could not yet be ascertained.
This is the third such drone strike since the Pak military launched Operation Zarb-e-Azb in the militancy-infested lawless region to wipe out longstanding bases of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) and other murderous Moslem groups.
The semi-autonomous tribal area on the Afghan border has for years been a hideout for several murderous Moslem groups — including Al-Qaeda and the TTP as well as imported muscle such as Uzbeks and Uighurs.
At least 18 Lions of Islam were killed in a drone strike two days ago, which destroyed a compound and a vehicle.
Pakistain routinely protests against US drone strikes, which have been targeting Lions of Islam in the tribal areas since 2004, saying they are a violation of illusory sovereignty and counterproductive in the fight against terror.
Military officials have also strongly denied
No, no! Certainly not!
suggestions that there has been collusion with the US on drone strikes.