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India-Pakistan |
Tribesmen protest against air strike |
2007-01-17 |
Hundreds of angry tribesmen protested on Tuesday against an air strike on a remote town in South Waziristan, saying the dead were all innocent labourers. Some 600 people gathered in Tank, blocked traffic and chanted slogans against President Pervez Musharraf and George W Bush. “The attack was unjust, it killed innocent people,” tribal leader Dilawar Khan told the rally. He insisted the victims were “local labourers who were cutting trees when the raid was conducted”. He said local tribes were abiding by the terms of a two-year-old peace accord, but the government had violated it “to appease the US”. |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 All this is, is just collateral damage.... All the rucus is, I think, because some senior Imam's "favorite" goat died.... |
Posted by: BigEd 2007-01-17 12:57 |
#3 I can never understand why these "protests" don't attract a daisy-cutter when it represents a more target-rich environment than the air-strike which they are protesting. |
Posted by: Excalibur 2007-01-17 11:29 |
#2 "who were cutting trees" Sounds like we need to enlist the support of the tree huggers in the war against Islamofascism. |
Posted by: Glenmore 2007-01-17 08:01 |
#1 What--no gun sex? |
Posted by: gromgoru 2007-01-17 06:06 |