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2008-10-27 India-Pakistan

Suspected US strike kills up to 20 in Pakistan

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Posted by ed 2008-10-27 07:56|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 My Pet Jawa says BBC is reporting Mullah Omar is one of the 20.

24 hour rule in effect?

Posted by Skunky Glins 5***">Skunky Glins 5*** 2008-10-27 08:33|| 2008-10-27 08:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Update
Top Pakistani Taliban commander Mohammad Omar died in an overnight missile strike in the troubled South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, satellite Arabic TV channel Al-Jazeera cited the Pakistan Taliban as saying on Monday. Omar is said to have died shortly after the airstrike, which hit a compound owned by him in Mandatta village, and was reportedly carried out by a pilotless US drone.

The airstrike killed 20 people, according to witnesses and officials. The compound was reported to be a meeting point for local Pakistani Taliban leaders.

Initial reports did not state if civilians died in the attack, which completely destroyed the compound and two neighbouring houses.

The US has made no comment on the incident. It rarely confirms or denies such attacks.

Posted by tipper 2008-10-27 08:37|| 2008-10-27 08:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Ooh. Did al-Vinny the stool pigeon just score a $10 million jackpot?

Posted by ed 2008-10-27 08:39|| 2008-10-27 08:39|| Front Page Top

#4 AWESOME!!! Thanks Tipper!

Posted by ed 2008-10-27 08:40|| 2008-10-27 08:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Rreuters: "They were very accurate. The missiles struck rooms where the guests were having dinner. None survived," a militant said by telephone. "We've recovered 20 bodies," said the militant, who declined to be identified.

Pakistan officials said a low-level Pakistani Taliban commander who had links with veteran Afghan militant commander Jalaluddin Haqqani was killed in the strike. Also killed were some foreign militants who had attended the funeral of a younger brother of Mehsud, Yahya Mehsud, an intelligence official said.

Save fuel and just hit the funeral instead. Friends of the top dog. Ought to be a very interesting obituary page in tomorrow's newspaper.

Posted by ed 2008-10-27 09:46|| 2008-10-27 09:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Blinky doorknob dead! Oh noes!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-10-27 09:59|| 2008-10-27 09:59|| Front Page Top

#7 NY Times: An American drone aircraft hit a militant compound in South Waziristan Sunday night, killing 20 people, including two important local Taliban commanders known for their attacks against American soldiers in Afghanistan, a senior government official and a local resident said.

One of the dead commanders, Eida Khan, was wanted by the Americans for his cross-border attacks from bases in Waziristan, the government official said. Another, Wahweed Ullah, worked with Arabs who were part of Al Qaeda, the local resident said. ... Mr. Khan and Mr. Ullah, as well as two brothers of Mr. Khan, were affiliated with the militant network of Jalaluddin Haqqani

Posted by ed 2008-10-27 10:07|| 2008-10-27 10:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Poor people having dinner then having to suffer the indignity of a US missile dripping in pig's blood (I only hope that is the way it was).

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-10-27 10:14|| 2008-10-27 10:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Ok, I'm beginning to suspect mistaken identity. Not Mullah Omar but Omar Khan, a deader from Sunday's Hellfire strike:
Officials said Haji Omar Khan, a lieutenant of veteran Afghan Taliban chieftain and former anti-Soviet fighter Jalaluddin Haqqani, died in the incident in the lawless South Waziristan area on Sunday. ... He was a cousin of late Taliban commander Nek Mohammed, who was killed in 2004 in one of the first apparent US missile strikes in the region.

Posted by ed 2008-10-27 10:22|| 2008-10-27 10:22|| Front Page Top

#10 either way they are of all the same gene pool.

Posted by chris 2008-10-27 12:54|| 2008-10-27 12:54|| Front Page Top

#11 "The missiles struck rooms where the guests were having dinner."
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner! (1967) -- Dr. Prentice (Sidney Poitier)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner! (2008) -- Hellfire (Lockheed Martin)

Posted by Darrell 2008-10-27 14:07|| 2008-10-27 14:07|| Front Page Top

#12 "Suspected US strike kills up to 20 in Pakistan"

Oh dear! *wrings hands* How many were fluffy bunnies and ducklings and cuuuuuute kittens?

/moonbat

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-27 16:14|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-10-27 16:14|| Front Page Top

#13 "The identities of the 20 bodies pulled from the rubble were not immediately known, they said."

They don't call 'em Hellfires fer nuthin.

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-10-27 20:52|| 2008-10-27 20:52|| Front Page Top

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