US officials tell NBC News the attack was carried out by a CIA predator drone armed with hellfire missiles and nearly a dozen Pakistani attack helicopters. The predawn air strike destroyed much of the Madrassa compound, a militant Islamic religious school in northwest Pakistan. A stack of korans was all that survived in one building.

The bodies of the 80 killed in the assault were lined up for mass burial. Local militants claimed they were innocent religious students. All males ages 15 to 25. But a Pakistani military official said the Madrassa was targeted because it was being used as a terrorist training camp and those killed were not innocent worshippers.

The attack brought out thousands of protesters throughout Pakistan, burning the American flag, shouting, “Down with America! Down with Musharraf!” the assault was similar to predator air strikes that tried to killed Al Qaeda’s number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in nearby Damadola last January. US officials insist Zawahiri was not today’s target.


But the attack was aimed at several other top Al Qaeda deputies, including Phakil Muhammad who barely escaped today’s attack. “Even though we’ve killed many jihadists in this most recent attack, Al Qaeda’s operational tempo against US forces inside Afghanistan is gonna remain high.”

위 기사에 보면 CIA, 프레데터 그리고 핼파이어가 명시되어 있음을 확인하실 수 있으실겁니다.

이왕 올린김에 프레데터 관련 다른 기사도 조금 보자면

One of the unmanned drone will soon be heading to the US-Mexico border in Arizona. The predator B, as it’s known, will help border patrol agents on the ground. Plans ought to have four of these planes flying the border by next month.

미국이 신형 프레데터 B를 멕시코 국경감시에도 쓰는군요. 돈많은 나라는 좋겠습니다. -_-;;