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| Suspected US missile strikes kill 8 in Pakistan |
| 2010-10-11 |
| Suspected U.S. unmanned aircraft launched a pair of missile strikes in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least eight people in the latest attacks targeting militants who pose a threat to foreign forces in Afghanistan. The identities of the people killed were not known, but the area where the strikes occurred is dominated by a militant group led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur that regularly attacks NATO troops in Afghanistan, said Pakistani intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. In the first attack, a drone fired two missiles at a pair of cars in an Afghan refugee camp in the North Waziristan tribal area, killing six people as the vehicles and a house nearby were destroyed, said the officials. The camp is located in the Spin Wam area near Mir Ali, one of the main towns in North Waziristan, they said. Minutes later, a drone killed two people near the bank of a river located just outside the refugee camp, the officials said. The strikes were the ninth and tenth carried out in Pakistan this month, continuing a surge in such attacks by the Obama administration. There were at least 21 drone strikes in Pakistan in September -- nearly double the previous monthly record. The U.S. rarely acknowledges the drone strikes publicly, but officials have said privately that they have killed several senior al-Qaida and Taliban commanders. Pakistan officially opposes the strikes as a violation of the country's sovereignty, but it is widely believed to help the CIA carry out the attacks. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 Does DARPA know about rerod? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-10-11 20:37 |
| #5 Rods from God or bright pebbles would be cheaper... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-11 20:33 |
| #4 at least we dropped the cost from Cruise Missiles to Hellfire's. Next best thing would be an iron rod or brick through the head from 5,000 ft |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-10-11 20:30 |
| #3 It's also a relatively low-cost and bloodless option favored by technocrats (hence Mr. Clinton's being enamored with cruise missiles during his terms). |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-10-11 20:24 |
| #2 But he did authorize it, Redneck Jim. It's a lot like video games, as opposed to troops doing what they do and talking behind his back afterward, so of course he likes the idea. It's also a good idea, and very effective, so do let's give credit where due. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-11 19:55 |
| #1 The strikes were the ninth and tenth carried out in Pakistan this month, continuing a surge in such attacks by the Obama administration. A FLAT LIE, Obama would NEVER authorize anything, that way he can disavow responsibility. (Translation, Weasel out.) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-10-11 17:37 |