Pakistani military officials are saying that a CIA drone strike earlier this week killed a leading figure in the Haqqani network. Badruddin Haqqani, head of the group's smuggling operations, may have been taken out when the car he was riding in was hit with a missile. Reuters: A CIA drone strike in Pakistan may have killed the operational commander of the Haqqani network, the insurgent group behind some of the most high-profile attacks on Western and Afghan government targets in Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence officials and militant sources said on Saturday. The officials said Badruddin Haqqani, who is also believed to handle the network's vital business interests and smuggling operations, may have been killed during a drone strike this week in Pakistan's tribal North Waziristan region. One senior Pakistani intelligence official said Badruddin had fled a compound that he and other militants were in after it was hit by a missile, then was killed by a second drone strike on a car...(Read Full Post)