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2006-05-09 Afghanistan

Airstrike near Pak border kills 4 Taleban militants

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Posted by Steve 2006-05-09 09:32|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Just your typical poor Pakistani rocket miners. Odds are the rockets would have been taken back and used in North Waziristan.

Posted by ed 2006-05-09 10:46|| 2006-05-09 10:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Just your typical poor Pakistani rocket miners who got blown up

hope the miners wages were docked for the time they were up in the sky.

Posted by RD 2006-05-09 11:01|| 2006-05-09 11:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Good one, RD. Drill ye terriers drill. And blast and fire and drill ye terriers drill. [IIRC]

Posted by Alaska Paul 2006-05-09 11:14|| 2006-05-09 11:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey no fair! Rocket miners need to make a living too. Besides, it pays better than IED miner pay in Iraq, or Suicide belt mining in Israel.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-05-09 14:53|| 2006-05-09 14:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Many Pakistanis viewed the attack as a violation of the nations sovereignty. Pakistans Foreign Ministry lodged a protest with the US and demanded no such attacks be launched again.

Dang...my "give-a-s**t" meter's reading zero.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-05-09 15:53|| 2006-05-09 15:53|| Front Page Top

#6 The article picked up most of the CentCom release, but left this out:

"U.S. Air Force A-10 fighter aircraft and a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Afghanistan , were directed to engage the cave complex.

"The A-10 and Predator expended precision-guided munitions against the target, effectively sealing the cave from future use.

The immediate response by these aircraft demonstrates the effectiveness of our combined air support for joint operations in theater, said Royal Air Force Air Commodore Mark Swan, director of the Combined Air Operations Center . Our message is very clear to those who attack innocent civilians and coalition forces: you have a choice. If you continue your terrorist activities, we will find you, we can track you, and we will take all appropriate actions to stop you.

I like the A-10 and think you should give credit where credit is due.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-05-09 18:23|| 2006-05-09 18:23|| Front Page Top

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