By - January 12, 2012 - LWJ
Today's strike took place in the village of Dogga near Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan.
The unmanned Predators or Reapers fired a pair of missiles at a vehicle in the village, Pakistani intelligence officials told Reuters.
"The missiles hit two cars that were heading towards the [Afghan] border. Several foreigners were in the cars, but we have no information on their nationalities yet," an intelligence official told Reuters.
Pakistani officials often use the term "foreigners" to describe members of al Qaeda and other non-Pakistani terror groups operating in the country.
Today's strike takes place just one day after four "militants," including three "Arabs," were killed in a drone strike that hit a compound on the outskirts of Miramshah.
The Haqqani Network, a Taliban group that operates in North Waziristan as well as in eastern Afghanistan, administers the area where the strikes yesterday and today took place. Al Qaeda leaders and operatives, who are closely allied with the Haqqani Network, shelter in the area, as do other terror groups.
Yesterday's strike was the first by the US in Pakistan in 55 days. The previous strike took place on Nov. 16, 2011. The pause was the longest since the program was ramped up at the end of July 2008 [see LWJ report, US drone strikes in Pakistan on longest pause since 2008, from Dec. 19, 2011].
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