Pakistan has scored more hits on al-Qaeda operations, this time in South Waziristan. Their army announced the successful missions tonight, which resulted in several AQ casualties:

Pakistan's army destroyed three suspected al-Qaida hideouts in an air strike near the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing several members of the terror group, an army spokesman said.

The military carried out the operation in South Waziristan tribal region after receiving information that 25 to 30 al-Qaida members were hiding there, said army spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan.

"We believe most of them were killed, but we don't have a body count," he said.

Unfortunately, the Pakistanis do not believe than any high-value targets were among those killed.

Although Pervez Musharraf signed a deal with North Waziristan to keep the army out, no such agreement exists with South Waziristan. Tribal leaders there have not agreed to Musharraf's demands, and so he has kept the pressure on that region. The army still conducts raids on a regular basis, and this appears to be one of those missions.

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