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  • Pakistan protests suspected US missile strike (army lodges protest to "allied forces" in Afghan.)

    05/16/2008 11:14:18 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 10 replies · 363+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/16/08 | Zarar Khan - ap
    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's army lodged a formal protest Friday to "allied forces" in neighboring Afghanistan over a suspected U.S. missile strike this week that killed 14 people in a Pakistani border village. Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said Pakistan concluded that Wednesday's attack on a house in Damadola village was launched by drones from Afghanistan. Abbas said a formal protest was lodged Friday with "allied forces" in Afghanistan, an apparent reference to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force that is fighting the Taliban-led insurgency there. The U.S. is among the nations contributing to ISAF. Abbas said 14 people...
  • Saddam fled just before bombing(Al-Mansur neighbourhood air strike)

    11/06/2003 8:14:49 AM PST · by Dog · 18 replies · 87+ views
    News.com.au ^ | Nov 6,2003 | By Randa Habib in Jordan
    Saddam fled just before bombing By Randa Habib in Jordan November 6, 2003 SADDAM Hussein fled from a villa in Baghdad's Al-Mansur neighbourhood where he was set to meet four close aides on April 7, only 15 minutes before it was bombed by US forces, according to a former Iraqi government official. Saddam was due to meet with his number two Izzat Ibrahim al-Durri, vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan, defence minister Sultan Hashem and intelligence chief Tahir Jalil al-Habbush al-Takriti, the former official told AFP. The source, who was speaking from a location outside Iraq and outside Jordan, said that Saddam...