Taliban Kill 2 Alleged U.S. Spies in Pakistan - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News - FOXNews.com: "MIR ALI, Pakistan — The bullet-riddled bodies of two alleged U.S. spies were found Wednesday in a Taliban stronghold in northwest Pakistan, the latest victims of an intelligence war that a top American general indicated is tilting in Washington and Islamabad's favor.
The men's bodies were found together in Mir Ali town in North Waziristan tribal region. Each had a note attached accusing the victim of spying for the Americans and warning other informants they faced the same fate, area resident Akram Ullah said. Another witness, Sana Ullah, said one man was a local tribal elder and the other was Afghan.
Militants in recent years have killed scores of people they suspected of aiding the U.S. and Pakistani governments. The fear of informants has been heightened by the success of U.S. missile strikes against militant targets in the tribal areas, and could be rising again in the wake of Pakistan's arrest of at least three Afghan Taliban leaders in recent weeks.
Those arrests were the result of intelligence breakthroughs, U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, who oversees the war in Afghanistan, told reporters in Islamabad Tuesday night. Among the detained was Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the No. 2. Taliban commander."
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