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| Pakistan: 13 dead in suspected missile strike |
| 2008-11-07 |
| A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least 13 people near the Afghan border Friday, security officials said, the latest in a surge of attacks that a top American general said has eliminated three militant leaders. The strikes are likely to trigger fresh anger from Pakistan's civil and military leaders, who say they undercut support for their anti-terror efforts, and from many of its 170 million people. The suspected cross-border attack took place in Kam Sam village in North Waziristan region, a stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaida militants blamed for attacks on U.S. troops in neighboring Afghanistan and rising attacks within Pakistan. A Pakistani intelligence official said an agent who visited the village reported that 13 suspected militants had died. The official said the targeted house belonged to a local Taliban commander and that authorities were still trying to determine who exactly was killed. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #3 glemore, what's wrong with this picture is that they are ALL idiots |
| Posted by: chris 2008-11-07 10:52 |
| #2 Update: "It's remote so information is coming slowly but we can confirm that four missiles killed eight Pakistani Taliban and five guests," said the intelligence official, referring to five foreign militants. Also: On Thursday, a suicide bomber attacked a meeting of about 200 pro-government ethnic Pashtun tribesmen drawing up plans to drive militants out of their area, killing 25 of them. Up to 40 militants were killed in air strikes launched in response to the bomb attack, said Fazl-e-Rabi Khan, a senior government administrator in Bajaur. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-11-07 07:58 |
| #1 Just two days ago this story appeared here: Armed men kidnap 15 children in Swat Unidentified armed men abducted 15 schoolchildren in Matta tehsil of Swat on Tuesday This doesn't "trigger fresh anger..." yet our missile on the hideout of the kind of criminals who do this triggers anger against US? What's wrong with this story? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-11-07 07:22 |