Sunday, February 15, 2009

Did we get a HVT in the latest Predator Drone attack?

Yesterday I wrote that the latest Predator drone attack inside Pakistan might have targeted Baitullah Mehsud. But the high value target might have been someone else.

According to a senior taliban who spoke to British media, the majority of the terrorirsts killed were Uzbeks and belonged to al Qaida. So perhaps the HVT was Tohir Yuldashev, commander of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) which is affiliated with al Qaida. Yuldashev is believed to be a close confidant of Osama bin Laden.

The group is also known to be fighting along side the taliban and al Qaida in Pakistan. GEO (Thanks to Newbie)

According to sources, US drone planes fired two guided missiles at a house in Malik Khel in Ladha area on a tip off about the presence of high value target in the house. Taliban had cordoned off the area after the blast.

More than 30 bodies have been recovered from the rubbles. A senior Taliban leader told British news agency deceased are the members of Al Qaeda and majority of them belonged to Uzbekistan.

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