Pat Dollard | Young Americans

As we’ve been reporting, the war on terror has hit a new phase with a fierce campaign of U.S. airstrikes against Al Qaeda targets in Pakistan…once again, it looks like a drone according to local witnesses. And as usual, the funnest question remains: who exactly did we whack?

Pakistan Media
The International News Of Pakistan:

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: The death toll in Wana Missile strike, the main town in the tribal district of South Waziristan, has increased to 20, the sources said.

Seven others were also injured when a missile struck a suspected militant compound in a lawless Pakistani tribal area on the Afghan border Sunday.

Residents said they heard several blasts after several missiles fired from an unknown site hit the home of a local tribesman in a village near Wana.

Foreigners linked with Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants were believed to be staying at the compound in Doog village, the residents said.

“Militants have cordoned the blast site and are taking out bodies from the rubble,” one local tribesman said.

“The missile has left only part of a boundary wall intact and turned the compound into a pile of debris,” he said.

“Body parts were flung into the air and were lying in nearby farmlands,” he added. Pakistan’s chief military spokesman major general Athar Abbas said that he had received reports about blasts, but had no details about casualties yet.

U.S. Media:

MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - At least 20 people were killed in a missile strike near the Afghan border on Sunday, state-run Pakistan Television said.

The strike destroyed the house of a suspected militant leader, according to a local tribesman.

Seven missiles were fired in the strike in the tribal area of South Waziristan, the television report said.

The report did not indicate where the missiles came from, but U.S.-led coalition forces based in neighboring Afghanistan have launched attacks inside the Pakistani border in the past.

Pakistan has been battling Islamic militants linked to al-Qaida and the Taliban in its regions bordering Afghanistan. The U.S. considers the country’s effort vital to the war on terrorism.

The missiles were fired by an unmanned drone, local tribesman, Rahim Khan, told The Associated Press.

At least two hit and destroyed the home of a local militant leader and Taliban sympathizer who goes by the single name Noorullah, Khan said.