Pakistan strikes Taliban, al Qaeda camp
The Pakistan army launched an air strike on Tuesday killing up to 25 to 30 militants living at a camp close to the Afghan border, in a tribal region regarded as a hotbed of support for the Taliban and al Qaeda.”The operation was carried out at around 6:55 a.m. (0155 GMT) in Zamzola in South Waziristan, based on information that 25 to 30 miscreants, including foreigners were present there,” Major General Shaukat Sultan, Pakistan’s military spokesman, said.
Sultan said there was a precision air strike, and helicopter gunships mopped up. No ground troops were used. A military statement later said three out of a cluster of five mud-walled compounds housing the militants were destroyed.
This may be something signifigant, as it seems to be against the ‘treaty’ Pakistan aranged with the Waziristan tribal leaders. Whether this will signal more operations by Pakistan against the Taliban, and if so whyMusharraf thinks he can accomplish this now is something we will have to watch for.
