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2008-11-19 India-Pakistan

Suspected US missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan

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Posted by ed 2008-11-19 07:49|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Xinhua: A major al-Qaeda operative of Arab origin was among the five militants killed in a suspected United States missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, private TV channel Geo reported. The Geo quoted security sources as saying that the al-Qaeda militant was identified as Abdullah Azam Al-Saudi, a senior member of al-Qaeda.

Ululululu!

Posted by ed 2008-11-19 08:11|| 2008-11-19 08:11|| Front Page Top

#2 The attack was the first to hit an area outside the semiautonomous tribal belt that directly borders Afghanistan, something which could trigger extra anger among Pakistanis.

*Yawn* Farting in the general direction of a koran could trigger extra anger among Pakis.

Posted by xbalanke 2008-11-19 08:23|| 2008-11-19 08:23|| Front Page Top

#3 AFP: According to US intelligence shared with Pakistan, al-Saudi was the main link between Al-Qaeda's senior command and Taliban networks in the Pakistani border region, an Islamabad-based senior security official said. "He was the man coordinating between Al-Qaeda and Taliban commanders on this side of the border, and also involved in recruiting and training fighters," the official told AFP.

Posted by ed 2008-11-19 08:30|| 2008-11-19 08:30|| Front Page Top

#4 go ahead and block the convoy paths sounds like more missile strikes too me

Posted by chris 2008-11-19 10:08|| 2008-11-19 10:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Gotta say that I've become rather impressed with the intel that allows us to make these sorts of strikes. Too bad the political will didn't exist to do similar things in Syria and Iran going back to 2005. Mighta changed a lot of things.

Posted by Verlaine 2008-11-19 10:57|| 2008-11-19 10:57|| Front Page Top

#6 surely not a saudi national i thourgt we were allies!!!LOL!!!

Posted by Paul2 2008-11-19 13:10|| 2008-11-19 13:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Must have come real close, as Zawahiri just released some more spittle directed at the US.

Posted by Thealing Borgia 122 2008-11-19 13:31|| 2008-11-19 13:31|| Front Page Top

#8 could trigger extra anger among Pakistanis

Cue Islamic Rage Boy.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-11-19 18:58|| 2008-11-19 18:58|| Front Page Top

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