The strike took place in the Khar Tangi area of Datta Khel district in the North
Wazoo tribal region, where the Pak military has since June been battling murderous Moslems linked to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda."The drone fired two missiles targeting a compound, killing four snuffies and wounding two others," a security bigshot told AFP on condition of anonymity.
He added the compound belonged to loyalists of hard boy commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur
...a member of the Madda Khel clan of the Uthmanzai Waziris. Educated in a Deobandi madrassa located in Multan, he is affiliated with the Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) political party. Upon the formation of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in December 2007, he was announced as the group's overall naib amir under Baitullah Mehsud, who was based in South Wazoo, but has largely distanced himself from the TTP due to rivalries with the Mehsuds and disagreements about the TTP's attacks against the Pak state..
, who leads his own faction in the region.
Another official who confirmed the strike said the identities of those killed in the strike were not known.
North Waziristan is one of the seven semi-autonomous tribal districts that border Afghanistan. It has been a hub for Al-Qaeda and Talibs since the early 2000s.
The area is generally off-limits to journalists, making it difficult to independently verify the number and identity of the dead.
Washington pressed Islamabad for years to wipe out sanctuaries in North Waziristan, which murderous Moslems have used to launch attacks on NATO
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forces in Afghanistan.
The Pak military launched a major offensive in the district in June and says it has killed more than 1,560 murderous Moslems so far, with 125 soldiers losing their lives.
A soldier was killed and another maimed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside kaboom near Datta Khel district on Sunday, a local security official said.