Airstrike by U.S. Draws Protests From Pakistanis [Good info inside...]

New York Times ^ | 1/14/06 | Carlotta Gall

[saquin]

I just excerpted the interesting parts.

[Gordongekko909]

Thanks, I don't like giving the NYT hits.

Well, this is a good sign. We're operating within Pakistan's borders now (like, above-board). Eeeeexcellent. The noose is tightening around ol' OBL.

[llevrok]

We are sorry about the collateral damage.

I think Pakistan will be better off for this action in the long run, however.

[SmithL]

President Pervez Musharraf IS a true believer in the war on terror, but many of the senior officers and even the rank-and-file in his armed forces have loyalties to the terrorists. Joint operations are ALWAYS just a little too late, due to advanced warnings. Therefore, the US does what it must and the Pakistani Government officially complains about it.

[vbmoneyspender]

A local cleric, Maulavi Liaqat, was at the dinner, but he left around midnight, the official said.

Good timing. I am certain he had another late night dinner to go to.

[Cap Huff]

We're to the point of reading Zawahiri's social calendar . . .

[EricT.]

We are sorry about the collateral damage.

I'm not. They are openly aiding and abetting terrorists.

[Semper Paratus]

Take the baklava, leave the high explosives.

[alrea]

US does what it must and the Pakistani Government officially complains about it.

Plan A

[Eccl 10:2]

Take the baklava, leave the high explosives.

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ROTFLMAO

Good one, Clemenza

Mr Liaqat, before the barrage,"Yo, Dr. Z, I gotta go take a leak"

[gotribe]

I wish they had waited just a little longer and gotten Zawahiri while he was on the crapper.

[Loyal Buckeye]

So, was the "intended target" just a cover to justify a bombing requested by the Pakistani's?

[james500]

Could someone take a look at the photo on the left of the
article. The caption is:

"Pakistani men with the remains of a missile fired at a house in the Bajur tribal zone near the Afghan border."

Does this look like a missile? If they were targetted by Predators, then I would have thought they'd have been hit by Hellfire missiles. This doesn't look like a Hellfire.

[Dog]

James I was wondering the same thing. What kind of warhead is this .

[Cap Huff]

Which one? ;-)

[Dog]

LOL!

[james500]

Looks like artillery

[DeusExMachina05]

I think its an arty shell.

[debg]

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