US Drone strikes in Pakistan are illegal under international law.
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according to a NYTimes article from 2010, all these bases were offered to US to operate drones. Shamsi was the main base, but these were also used as and when required.
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US drone strike kills 6 'militants' in North Waziristan
By BILL ROGGIO, July 10, 2014
The US launched its first drone strike inside Pakistan's tribal agencies in more than three weeks, killing six "militants" in an area that in the past has served as a command and control center for al Qaeda's military.
Today's drone strike, which was carried out by the remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers, struck a compound and a vehicle in the village of Doga Mada Khel in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan.
The identities of the six militants were not disclosed. No senior Taliban, al Qaeda, or other jihadist leaders or operatives have been reported killed.
The Datta Khel area, where today's strike took place, is administered by Hafiz Gul Bahadar, the Taliban commander for North Waziristan. Bahadar provides shelter to top al Qaeda leaders as well as terrorists from numerous Pakistani and Central Asian terror groups.
Datta Khel is a known hub of Taliban, Haqqani Network, and al Qaeda activity. While Bahadar administers the region, the Haqqani Network, al Qaeda, and allied Central Asian jihadist groups are also based in the area. The Lashkar al Zil, al Qaeda's Shadow Army, is known to operate a command center in Datta Khel. Some of al Qaeda's top leaders, including Mustafa Abu Yazid, a longtime al Qaeda leader and close confidant of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri; Abdullah Said al Libi, the commander of the Shadow Army; and Zuhaib al Zahibi, a general in the Shadow Army; have been killed in drone strikes in Datta Khel.
Today's strike is the first in Pakistan since June 18. The US launched three strikes in North Waziristan in June. Prior to the three strikes, the last US attack took place in late December 2013. The US put the program on hold after the Pakistani government entered into peace talks with the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. US intelligence officials have told The Long War Journal that there was no shortage of al Qaeda and other terrorists to target during the six-month lull. [See LWJ report, US launches 2 drone strikes in Pakistan, breaks 6-month lull.]
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/07/us_drone_strike_kill_28.php##ixzz375P2P2gJ
By BILL ROGGIO, July 10, 2014
The US launched its first drone strike inside Pakistan's tribal agencies in more than three weeks, killing six "militants" in an area that in the past has served as a command and control center for al Qaeda's military.
Today's drone strike, which was carried out by the remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers, struck a compound and a vehicle in the village of Doga Mada Khel in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan.
The identities of the six militants were not disclosed. No senior Taliban, al Qaeda, or other jihadist leaders or operatives have been reported killed.
The Datta Khel area, where today's strike took place, is administered by Hafiz Gul Bahadar, the Taliban commander for North Waziristan. Bahadar provides shelter to top al Qaeda leaders as well as terrorists from numerous Pakistani and Central Asian terror groups.
Datta Khel is a known hub of Taliban, Haqqani Network, and al Qaeda activity. While Bahadar administers the region, the Haqqani Network, al Qaeda, and allied Central Asian jihadist groups are also based in the area. The Lashkar al Zil, al Qaeda's Shadow Army, is known to operate a command center in Datta Khel. Some of al Qaeda's top leaders, including Mustafa Abu Yazid, a longtime al Qaeda leader and close confidant of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri; Abdullah Said al Libi, the commander of the Shadow Army; and Zuhaib al Zahibi, a general in the Shadow Army; have been killed in drone strikes in Datta Khel.
Today's strike is the first in Pakistan since June 18. The US launched three strikes in North Waziristan in June. Prior to the three strikes, the last US attack took place in late December 2013. The US put the program on hold after the Pakistani government entered into peace talks with the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. US intelligence officials have told The Long War Journal that there was no shortage of al Qaeda and other terrorists to target during the six-month lull. [See LWJ report, US launches 2 drone strikes in Pakistan, breaks 6-month lull.]
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/07/us_drone_strike_kill_28.php##ixzz375P2P2gJ
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20 militants killed in US drone attack in Pakistan
IANS | Islamabad
July 16, 2014 Last Updated at 15:54 IST
At least 20 militants were killed Wednesday in a US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan region.
Four missile strikes, coming from an unknown number of US unmanned aircraft, pounded a compound of suspected militants in Datta Khel area located on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Xinhua reported.
The strikes levelled the targeted compound to the ground with officials initially putting the toll at 15.
The toll later surged to 20 when residents pulled five more bodies out of the rubble of the compound.
Acording to officials, the attack took place when a meeting of Taliban militants, including local and Uzbek insurgents, was going on in the compound.
Wednesday morning's attack is the fifth of its kind in the area this year.
On July 10, a US drone killed at least six people in North Waziristan.
The Pakistan government July 10 condemned the US drone strikes, saying these were counter-productive and unacceptable as they violated the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The attacks were also harming the military operation Zarb-i-Azb in North Waziristan aimed at eliminating terrorism.
The last drone strike June 18 killed at least eight militants.
On June 11, two successive drone strikes reportedly killed 16 people and injured a few others in Miranshah, the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan Agency.
20 militants killed in US drone attack in Pakistan | Business Standard News
IANS | Islamabad
July 16, 2014 Last Updated at 15:54 IST
At least 20 militants were killed Wednesday in a US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan region.
Four missile strikes, coming from an unknown number of US unmanned aircraft, pounded a compound of suspected militants in Datta Khel area located on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Xinhua reported.
The strikes levelled the targeted compound to the ground with officials initially putting the toll at 15.
The toll later surged to 20 when residents pulled five more bodies out of the rubble of the compound.
Acording to officials, the attack took place when a meeting of Taliban militants, including local and Uzbek insurgents, was going on in the compound.
Wednesday morning's attack is the fifth of its kind in the area this year.
On July 10, a US drone killed at least six people in North Waziristan.
The Pakistan government July 10 condemned the US drone strikes, saying these were counter-productive and unacceptable as they violated the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The attacks were also harming the military operation Zarb-i-Azb in North Waziristan aimed at eliminating terrorism.
The last drone strike June 18 killed at least eight militants.
On June 11, two successive drone strikes reportedly killed 16 people and injured a few others in Miranshah, the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan Agency.
20 militants killed in US drone attack in Pakistan | Business Standard News
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US drones target 'Punjabi Taliban' in North Waziristan strike
By BILL ROGGIO, July 18, 2014
The US killed 11 "militants," including two commanders from the Punjabi Taliban, in a strike in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of North Waziristan.
The remotely piloted Predators or Reapers are reported to have fired eight missiles at a compound in the village of Doga Mada Khel in the Datta Khel area of the tribal agency in the early morning of July 19, according to AFP.
Two commanders from the Punjabi Taliban, a grouping of jihadist groups from Pakistan's Punjab province, are said to have been killed, but their names were not disclosed by Pakistani officials. The Punjabi Taliban, whose leader, Asmatullah Muawiya, also serves as an al Qaeda commander, has been agreeable to conducting peace talks with the Pakistani government.
The July 19 strike is the third in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan in the past 10 days, and the second in the village of Doga Mada Khel. On July 10, US drones are reported to have killed six militants in an attack in the same village. And on July 16, the US reportedly killed 18 jihadists, including 12 "of Central Asian origin," in a strike in the village of Saidgai.
The ferocity of today's strike, with eight missiles fired, indicates that the US is hunting a top jihadist leader in the village.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/07/us_drones_target_pun.php##ixzz37vyWJZR0
By BILL ROGGIO, July 18, 2014
The US killed 11 "militants," including two commanders from the Punjabi Taliban, in a strike in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of North Waziristan.
The remotely piloted Predators or Reapers are reported to have fired eight missiles at a compound in the village of Doga Mada Khel in the Datta Khel area of the tribal agency in the early morning of July 19, according to AFP.
Two commanders from the Punjabi Taliban, a grouping of jihadist groups from Pakistan's Punjab province, are said to have been killed, but their names were not disclosed by Pakistani officials. The Punjabi Taliban, whose leader, Asmatullah Muawiya, also serves as an al Qaeda commander, has been agreeable to conducting peace talks with the Pakistani government.
The July 19 strike is the third in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan in the past 10 days, and the second in the village of Doga Mada Khel. On July 10, US drones are reported to have killed six militants in an attack in the same village. And on July 16, the US reportedly killed 18 jihadists, including 12 "of Central Asian origin," in a strike in the village of Saidgai.
The ferocity of today's strike, with eight missiles fired, indicates that the US is hunting a top jihadist leader in the village.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/07/us_drones_target_pun.php##ixzz37vyWJZR0
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6 al Qaeda operatives thought killed in recent drone strike in Pakistan
,By BILL ROGGIO, July 20, 2014
A senior al Qaeda leader who is based in Syria and has close ties to al Qaeda's General Command in Pakistan said that six of his "dearest comrades" were killed in an airstrike in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. The six al Qaeda operatives were likely killed in a US drone strike on July 10.
Three of the six al Qaeda operatives were identified by Sanafi al Nasr, the head of al Qaeda's "Victory Committee." Nasr, a Saudi whose real name is Abdul Mohsin Abdullah Ibrahim Al Sharikh, is a top leader in al Qaeda. As the leader of the Victory Committee, Nasr is responsible for developing and implementing al Qaeda's strategy and policies. [See LWJ report, Head of al Qaeda 'Victory Committee' in Syria.]
Nasr, who is a prolific online jihadist, tweeted on July 14 on the "Martyrdom of six of the dearest comrades of the path in Khorasan, among them my brother and loved one and apple of my eye Taj al Makki and my brother the kind and generous Abu Abdurahman al Kuwaiti yesterday in a bombardment of spies," according to a translation by Oren Adaki. The Khorasan is a geographic area that includes Afghanistan and Pakistan, where al Qaeda's senior leadership is based.
Nasr identifed the third al Qaeda operative who was killed in the bombing as Fayez Awda al Khalidi. He did not name the three other al Qaeda operatives who were killed.
Little is publicly known about Makki, Kuwaiti, and Khalidi. US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal said that Makki, who is from Saudi Arabia, and Kuwaiti are mid-level al Qaeda commanders and likely are important to the terror group due to their association with Nasr.
A US intelligence official familiar with the US' drone campaign that targets al Qaeda's organization in Pakistan said it is very likely that the six jihadists were killed in the July 10 strike that took place in the village of Doga Mada Khel in North Waziristan's Datta Khel area. Six jihadists were reported killed in the strike, but they were never identified.
The US has conducted two other strikes in the Datta Khel area since July 10. In the early morning of July 19, US drones launched eight missiles at a compound in the same village, killing at least 11 jihadists, including two commanders in the Punjabi Taliban. And on July 16, the US reportedly killed 18 jihadists, including 12 "of Central Asian origin," in a strike in the village of Saidgai.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/07/6_al_qaeda_operative.php##ixzz383A71NsV
,By BILL ROGGIO, July 20, 2014
A senior al Qaeda leader who is based in Syria and has close ties to al Qaeda's General Command in Pakistan said that six of his "dearest comrades" were killed in an airstrike in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. The six al Qaeda operatives were likely killed in a US drone strike on July 10.
Three of the six al Qaeda operatives were identified by Sanafi al Nasr, the head of al Qaeda's "Victory Committee." Nasr, a Saudi whose real name is Abdul Mohsin Abdullah Ibrahim Al Sharikh, is a top leader in al Qaeda. As the leader of the Victory Committee, Nasr is responsible for developing and implementing al Qaeda's strategy and policies. [See LWJ report, Head of al Qaeda 'Victory Committee' in Syria.]
Nasr, who is a prolific online jihadist, tweeted on July 14 on the "Martyrdom of six of the dearest comrades of the path in Khorasan, among them my brother and loved one and apple of my eye Taj al Makki and my brother the kind and generous Abu Abdurahman al Kuwaiti yesterday in a bombardment of spies," according to a translation by Oren Adaki. The Khorasan is a geographic area that includes Afghanistan and Pakistan, where al Qaeda's senior leadership is based.
Nasr identifed the third al Qaeda operative who was killed in the bombing as Fayez Awda al Khalidi. He did not name the three other al Qaeda operatives who were killed.
Little is publicly known about Makki, Kuwaiti, and Khalidi. US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal said that Makki, who is from Saudi Arabia, and Kuwaiti are mid-level al Qaeda commanders and likely are important to the terror group due to their association with Nasr.
A US intelligence official familiar with the US' drone campaign that targets al Qaeda's organization in Pakistan said it is very likely that the six jihadists were killed in the July 10 strike that took place in the village of Doga Mada Khel in North Waziristan's Datta Khel area. Six jihadists were reported killed in the strike, but they were never identified.
The US has conducted two other strikes in the Datta Khel area since July 10. In the early morning of July 19, US drones launched eight missiles at a compound in the same village, killing at least 11 jihadists, including two commanders in the Punjabi Taliban. And on July 16, the US reportedly killed 18 jihadists, including 12 "of Central Asian origin," in a strike in the village of Saidgai.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/07/6_al_qaeda_operative.php##ixzz383A71NsV
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keep it up drone bomb them day night 
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I guarantee you if the Pakistani military were to eliminate Zawahiri we would be a grateful people. He is one of the last remnants of the 9/11 era cell, and needs to meet his end.
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Well, considering that Pakistan had OBL living there, and then jailed D. Afridi for helping USA to get him, the odds are not that good for Pakistan to get Al-Zawahiri.
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OBL was just a pencil pusher compared to Al-Zawahiri (tortured and jailed in Egypt).
It has always been expected that Al-Zawahiri would be much much harder to track down than OBL. He isn't stupid.
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Of course it will be hard to catch him. But he will be caught, it is only a matter of time.
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It would be ironic if the ISIL gains so much support and steals so much of his base that it causes him to let his guard down and come out of hiding.
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Nah, I think he is far too cunning for that. He will likely be betrayed by his own and caught.
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