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Pakistan - Five killed in missile attack near Afghan border
AFP via translation | August 30, 2008

Posted on 08/30/2008 4:09:50 AM PDT by HAL9000

via translation -

Pakistan: a missile falls close to the border with Afghanistan, 5 dead

PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - At least five people were killed by a missile fired from Afghanistan and seeking a cache of suspected Islamists, in South Waziristan in Pakistan, a tribal area considered a stronghold of Al-Qaeda network, It was learned from official sources Saturday.

"A missile apparently fired from across the border struck a complex near Wana, and initial information about 5 people killed", told AFP an official under cover of anonymity.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alqaeda; islam; mohammedanism; pakistan; taliban; wot

1 posted on 08/30/2008 4:09:50 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Another opening for NO.3?


2 posted on 08/30/2008 4:31:11 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: Dog

Ping


3 posted on 08/30/2008 4:32:24 AM PDT by Cap Huff
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To: HAL9000
"A missile apparently fired from across the border struck a complex near Wana, and initial information about 5 people killed", told AFP an official under cover of anonymity

"Mohammed, would you shut that window, I think I hear.................OH SH*T!

4 posted on 08/30/2008 5:21:20 AM PDT by Larry381 (A community in Chicago is missing an Indonesian organizer from Kenya)
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