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Pakistan - Four rockets strike northwestern city of Bannu, casualties reported
Associated Press ^
| July 24, 2007
Posted on 07/24/2007 4:38:58 PM PDT by HAL9000
AP News Alert PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - Police say four rockets hit northwestern city of Bannu, killing 10 people and wounding 35
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bannu; missiles; pakistan; rockets
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posted on
07/24/2007 4:39:02 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
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posted on
07/24/2007 4:45:12 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
( "...but you can't fool all of the people all the time." LINCOLN)
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To: Lizarde
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posted on
07/24/2007 5:30:11 PM PDT
by
Dog
("Nothing important happened today." - from the diary of England’s King George III, July 4, 1776)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
07/24/2007 5:45:50 PM PDT
by
jackv
(DEMOCRATS HATE BUSH MORE THAN THEY LOVE THEIR COUNTRY!!!)
To: Dog
Rockets. See above post for link.
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posted on
07/24/2007 5:48:37 PM PDT
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jackv
(DEMOCRATS HATE BUSH MORE THAN THEY LOVE THEIR COUNTRY!!!)
To: jackv
From the article “Mohammed said 10 people died and that another 35 were wounded, including five police officers.” Well at least he was not named Mohamed.
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posted on
07/24/2007 5:54:12 PM PDT
by
TBall
To: HAL9000
Most likely Mujahid fired the rockets, probably closer to 50 dead.
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posted on
07/24/2007 7:34:47 PM PDT
by
gandalftb
(Blessed be the Lord that teaches my hands for the war, and my fingers to fight. (Sniper Jackson))
To: HAL9000
The Taliban appear to be deliberately provoking a confrontation with Musharraf. The Americans have hinted broadly that we're willing to come in from the north. Mushy takes out the Red Mosque. Some tribes in Waziristan appear to be turning on al Qaeda; others appear to be their last redoubt. And it's late summer - war season - in Waziristan. Soon there will be heavy rains and many of the streams will become impassible.
This is a fantastically combustible mixture. This area is between 100 and 200 miles southeast from Kabul. It is a little amusing to hear Pakistan huffing and puffing about sovereignty - they haven't any over this area in fact and never have.
The weather here is known for its fierceness, although I am not entirely certain why. It can freeze at higher altitudes. Summertime mean high is 86 Fahrenheit. Frankly that sounds pretty good to me right about now...
This sounds like killing ground, and it is, and it always has been.
To: jackv
A hotel, a government official’s residence and Chawk Bazar were hit by the rockets.
A rocket hit the government official's house setting it on fire. When people from arrived to extinguish the fire, another rocket hit injuring 30 men including five policemen.
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:08:15 PM PDT
by
gandalftb
(Blessed be the Lord that teaches my hands for the war, and my fingers to fight. (Sniper Jackson))
To: HAL9000
Cantt Market of Banu just got hit by a powerful explosion.
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:12:28 PM PDT
by
gandalftb
(Blessed be the Lord that teaches my hands for the war, and my fingers to fight. (Sniper Jackson))
To: HAL9000
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:36:17 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
( "...but you can't fool all of the people all the time." LINCOLN)
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