Another Airstirke in North Waziristan

The airstrikes just keep coming. Predator drones fired three missiles at a compound in the village of Gorovek in North Waziristan. Reuters is reporting 5 terrorists killed. Reuters

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Five Islamist militants were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against militants near the Afghan border.

In other related news NATO and Afghan forces killed 8 taliban in western Afghanistan. A taliban commander, hulam Farouq Niami, was killed in the air strike Reuters....

he raid in Farah province was aimed at the house of a local Taliban commander who was among those killed, Ghulam Farouq Niami, an Afghan army commander for the western zone, said.[...]

Western military officials say Taliban fighters deliberately use civilians as cover, drawing coalition firepower against non-combatants in an attempt to reap propaganda gains.