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India-Pakistan
Dronezap Recess is Over: 2nd in two days
2012-01-12
MIRANSHAH: A second drone strike in two days
Break time is over; back to work!
killed six militants in North Waziristan in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border on Thursday, intelligence officials said, further marking the resumption of the U.S. campaign paused for almost two months.

The suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at two cars in the Dogga area of North Waziristan tribal region, killing six.

"The missiles hit two cars that were heading towards the border. Several foreigners
Would be nice if they were the recently featured Amerikans, but probably just Romulans.
were in the cars, but we have no information on their nationalities yet," an intelligence source told Reuters. The source said there might be more casualties.
Have to exhume some women & kiddies from the cemetery first.
The strike comes two days after a similar attack killed four militants in North Waziristan, marking the resumption of the unacknowledged U.S. drone campaign, paused after a Nov. 26 NATO cross-border attack killed 24 Pakistani troops. The last drone strike before Tuesday's was on Nov. 17.
Posted by:Glenmore

#8  LOL, Frank. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara   2012-01-12 23:11  

#7  or outrage.... don't want any Bawney Fwank jokes, dammit
Posted by: Frank G   2012-01-12 21:34  

#6  if they're identified as "foreigners", Paks can swallow their outrafe
Posted by: Frank G   2012-01-12 21:33  

#5  A resumption of "Operation Angry Black Woman".....
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2012-01-12 20:47  

#4  Whoops! there goes another Taliban...
Posted by: mojo   2012-01-12 17:52  

#3  "Foreigners" huh? I guess they mean al Qaeda. I wonder if that rubric would include members of the Haqqani Network?
Posted by: Mike Ramsey   2012-01-12 17:06  

#2  Not a peep out of Pakistan. My bet is that the targets were fingered by the Pak military itself.
Posted by: Mike Ramsey   2012-01-12 16:01  

#1  Nah. Back from Christmas leave...
Posted by: Ptah   2012-01-12 15:06  

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