in South Wazoo on Friday.The pilotless aircraft fired eight missiles targeting a vehicle carrying Islamic fascisti of the group of Maulavi Nazir, near the ancestral graveyard of Ahmedzai Wazir and Masud tribes in Angoor Adda area. The vehicle was destroyed and three forces of Evil were killed on the spot.
Local people carried away the three bodies. Noorullah, a resident of the area, told Dawn by phone that Islamic fascisti of Maulvi Nazir group reached the area soon after the attack, cordoned it off and took the bodies away.
Sources in intelligence agencies, political administration and witnesses confirmed the death of three jihad boys, including top commander Aleemullah, a close associate of Maulvi Nazir.
He was said to be the fourth on the seniority list of commanders of the Nazir group. He belonged to Wana and had beat feet several drone attacks in the past.
The other two Islamic fascisti killed in the attack were identified as Haji Karam and Kharh who hailed from Angoor Adda.
AGENCIES ADD: "A US drone fired two missiles at a vehicle and at least three Islamic fascisti were killed," a security bigshot said.
At least two other Pak intelligence officials confirmed the drone strike and the corpse count.
The dead were identified as local rustics who fought under a nebulous Taliban umbrella, on behalf of jihad boy leader Maulvi Nazir, whose fighters are allied to the Haqqanis and active in the 10-year war in Afghanistan.
The missile attacks are seen at the most effective weapon Washington has at hitting Al Qaeda and Afghan Islamic fascisti like the Haqqanis in the northwest. There were more than 100 such attacks last year; this year there have been around 50.
Most have hit targets in North Waziristan, considering the main jihad boy sanctuary and the base of the Haqqani network.