Posted on 10/11/2008 1:10:53 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected U.S. drones fired two missile on Saturday into a Pakistani region regarded as an al Qaeda and Taliban safe haven, killing at least five militants, residents and an intelligence official said.
It was the second such attack in North Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border this week.
"The missiles were fired with a gap of a minute," a Reuters witness said from Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan. "They caused huge blasts. I saw flames rising toward the sky after the explosions."
An intelligence official said five militants were killed in the attack on a house in a shanty neighborhood known as Machis Colony. There were foreigners also among those killed and their number and nationality had not yet been ascertained, he said.
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Boom.
pong
Reuters! Now hiring. Tired of that deadend "fries guy" job? No experience necessary.
If Obama wins, we won’t be reading stories like this anymore. Instead, we’ll learn Barack and Michelle and Barney Frank will be having unconditional talks with these people- house to house- with McCain telling us we shouldn’t be scared.
US attacks inside Pakistan and incidents along the border in 2008:
• US targets safe house in North Waziristan Oct. 11, 2008
• US strike kills 9 al Qaeda and Taliban in North Waziristan Oct. 9, 2008
• US conducts two strikes in North Waziristan Oct. 3, 2008
• Taliban: Baitullah Mehsud alive; US strike in North Waziristan Oct. 1, 2008
• Pakistan military fires on ISAF forces Sept. 25, 2008
• Pakistani military fires on US helicopters at border Sept. 22, 2008
• US strikes Taliban camp in South Waziristan Sept. 17, 2008
• Report: US helicopters fired on while crossing Pakistani border Sept. 15, 2008
• US hits compound in North Waziristan, Sept. 12, 2008
• US targets Haqqani Network in North Waziristan, Sept. 8, 2008
• US airstrike killed five al Qaeda operatives in North Waziristan, Sept. 5, 2008
• Report: US airstrike kills four in North Waziristan, Sept. 4, 2008
• Pakistanis claim US helicopter-borne forces assaulted village in South Waziristan, Sept. 3, 2008
• US hits al Qaeda safe house in North Waziristan, Aug. 31, 2008
• Five killed in al Qaeda safe house strike in South Waziristan, Aug. 31, 2008
• Al Qaeda safe house targeted in South Waziristan strike, Aug. 20, 2008
• Cross-border strike targets one of the Taliban’s 157 training camps in Pakistan’s northwest, Aug. 13, 2008
• Six killed in strike in South Waziristan, July 28, 2008
• Report: Strike targets Baitullah Mehsud’s hideout in Pakistan, June 14, 2008
• Senior Algerian al Qaeda operative killed in May 14 strike inside Pakistan, May 24, 2008
• Missile strike kills 20 in South Waziristan, March 16, 2008
• Unprecedented Coalition strike nails the Haqqani Network in North Waziristan, March 13, 2008
• Missile strike on al Qaeda meeting in South Waziristan kills 13, Feb. 28, 2008
• Senior al Qaeda leader Abu Laith al Libi killed in North Waziristan, Jan. 31, 2008
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/10/us_targets_safe_hous.php
Barry Hussein Obama is probably very upset for the killing his brothers.
“They caused huge blasts. I saw flames rising toward the sky after the explosions”
One sensor operator to the other
“Duuuude, check out those secondaries!!”
Al-reuters version: Wedding party hit. Women and children killed..
That will end soon when B.Hussein is sworn in.
Palin: Obama put ‘ambition above country’
CNN
Posted on 10/11/2008 11:55:32 AM PDT by Chet 99
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103248/posts
The strike earlier this week supposedly just missed a bunch of them. Instead of 30, we got 9 or so they so.
a Pakistani region regarded as an al Qaeda and Taliban safe haven
Not as safe as it used to be from the sounds of it. Hosting the next meeting is a good way to get whacked.
Sounds like a full court press to rap up the bad guys before they potentially hand the football over to “Junior”.....
Yes, kill as many of the bastards as possible. If 0bama wins, you can bet the strikes will stop.
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