This was the sixth confirmed U.S. missile attack inside Pakistan since the end of August 2008, and comes two days after a Pakistan–U.S. standoff on 15 September 2008, in which Pakistani forces fired shots into the air, in order to deter U.S. forces from entering Pakistani territory.
Dette var det sjette bekræftede, amerikanske missilangreb i Pakistan siden slutningen af august 2008, og det kom to dage efter det standoff som skete den 15. september, hvor pakistanske styrker skød op i luften, for at afholde amerikanske styrker i at trænge ind på pakistansk territorium.