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| Suspected US strike kills up to 20 in Pakistan | |
| 2008-10-27 | |
| A suspected U.S. missile strike killed up to 20 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said, the latest salvo in an intensifying assault on militant hide-outs near the Afghan border. The reported strike occurred in the South Waziristan region, part of Pakistan's wild border zone that is considered a possible hiding place for Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri. Two intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to media on the record, said the targeted house in Mandata Raghzai village belonged to a lieutenant of local Taliban chief Maulvi Nazir. The officials, citing reports from agents and informers in the area, said militants cordoned off the scene. The identities of the 20 bodies pulled from the rubble were not immediately known, they said. Pakistan's new leaders have protested the missile strikes -- as well as a highly unusual raid by helicopter-borne commandos in September -- as unacceptable violations of their sovereignty. The US embassy has retained the services of Inspector Clouseau to the bottom of these suspected, and suspiciously on target, strikes.
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| Posted by:ed |
| #14 TOUCHDOWN! Let's hope that the report will confirm the PAT. I didn't see this report on ABC, CBS, NBC, or the CNN illuminati station. Odd? To busy in Obama's Bum. |
| Posted by: Bob Ulains9906 2008-10-27 21:57 |
| #13 "The identities of the 20 bodies pulled from the rubble were not immediately known, they said." They don't call 'em Hellfires fer nuthin. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2008-10-27 20:52 |
| #12 "Suspected US strike kills up to 20 in Pakistan" Oh dear! *wrings hands* How many were fluffy bunnies and ducklings and cuuuuuute kittens? /moonbat |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-27 16:14 |
| #11 "The missiles struck rooms where the guests were having dinner." Guess Who's Coming to Dinner! (1967) -- Dr. Prentice (Sidney Poitier) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner! (2008) -- Hellfire (Lockheed Martin) |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-10-27 14:07 |
| #10 either way they are of all the same gene pool. |
| Posted by: chris 2008-10-27 12:54 |
| #9 Ok, I'm beginning to suspect mistaken identity. Not Mullah Omar but Omar Khan, a deader from Sunday's Hellfire strike: Officials said Haji Omar Khan, a lieutenant of veteran Afghan Taliban chieftain and former anti-Soviet fighter Jalaluddin Haqqani, died in the incident in the lawless South Waziristan area on Sunday. ... He was a cousin of late Taliban commander Nek Mohammed, who was killed in 2004 in one of the first apparent US missile strikes in the region. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-10-27 10:22 |
| #8 Poor people having dinner then having to suffer the indignity of a US missile dripping in pig's blood (I only hope that is the way it was). |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2008-10-27 10:14 |
| #7 NY Times: An American drone aircraft hit a militant compound in South Waziristan Sunday night, killing 20 people, including two important local Taliban commanders known for their attacks against American soldiers in Afghanistan, a senior government official and a local resident said. One of the dead commanders, Eida Khan, was wanted by the Americans for his cross-border attacks from bases in Waziristan, the government official said. Another, Wahweed Ullah, worked with Arabs who were part of Al Qaeda, the local resident said. ... Mr. Khan and Mr. Ullah, as well as two brothers of Mr. Khan, were affiliated with the militant network of Jalaluddin Haqqani |
| Posted by: ed 2008-10-27 10:07 |
| #6 Blinky doorknob dead! Oh noes! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-10-27 09:59 |
| #5 Rreuters: "They were very accurate. The missiles struck rooms where the guests were having dinner. None survived," a militant said by telephone. "We've recovered 20 bodies," said the militant, who declined to be identified. Pakistan officials said a low-level Pakistani Taliban commander who had links with veteran Afghan militant commander Jalaluddin Haqqani was killed in the strike. Also killed were some foreign militants who had attended the funeral of a younger brother of Mehsud, Yahya Mehsud, an intelligence official said. Save fuel and just hit the funeral instead. Friends of the top dog. Ought to be a very interesting obituary page in tomorrow's newspaper. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-10-27 09:46 |
| #4 AWESOME!!! Thanks Tipper! |
| Posted by: ed 2008-10-27 08:40 |
| #3 Ooh. Did al-Vinny the stool pigeon just score a $10 million jackpot? |
| Posted by: ed 2008-10-27 08:39 |
| #2 Update Top Pakistani Taliban commander Mohammad Omar died in an overnight missile strike in the troubled South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, satellite Arabic TV channel Al-Jazeera cited the Pakistan Taliban as saying on Monday. Omar is said to have died shortly after the airstrike, which hit a compound owned by him in Mandatta village, and was reportedly carried out by a pilotless US drone. The airstrike killed 20 people, according to witnesses and officials. The compound was reported to be a meeting point for local Pakistani Taliban leaders. Initial reports did not state if civilians died in the attack, which completely destroyed the compound and two neighbouring houses. The US has made no comment on the incident. It rarely confirms or denies such attacks. |
| Posted by: tipper 2008-10-27 08:37 |
| #1 My Pet Jawa says BBC is reporting Mullah Omar is one of the 20. 24 hour rule in effect? |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins 5*** 2008-10-27 08:33 |