Posted on 03/16/2008 9:38:22 AM PDT by ricks_place
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan — Missiles destroyed the house of a suspected militant leader Sunday in a Pakistani tribal area near the Afghan border, killing about 20 people, witnesses and state-run media reported.
The Pakistani military said five or six explosions were heard near Wana, the main town in South Waziristan, but it could not confirm the cause. There were casualties, but it was unclear how many, said Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, an army spokesman.
State-run Pakistan Television said seven missiles were involved in Sunday's strike in a tribal area of South Waziristan. The report did not indicate where the missiles were believed to have originated. But U.S.-led coalition forces based in neighboring Afghanistan have launched attacks inside the Pakistani border in the past.
Maj. Chris Belcher, a U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan, said coalition forces conducted an operation Sunday in Paktika province, which lies just across the border from South Waziristan. But he said he had no information about the Pakistan strike and that he doubted the two incidents were related.
Pakistan has been battling Islamic militants linked to Al Qaeda and the Taliban in its regions bordering Afghanistan. The U.S. considers the country's effort vital to the war on terrorism.
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I love happy endings!
Applause, applause!
Who’d they get ping?
Zeez, we probably wiped out another wedding party or a Jihadist Brownie Scout meeting.
You Wana piece of me?
Yeah, probably a peaceful assembly.
Just a peaceful wedding party.
Sure. They were probably all there praying and trying to figure out how to end world hunger, disease, and social strive.
Seven “missiles”?
A bunker under the house or what?
Amazing we aren’t hearing anything more about other damage. Our guys are getting more accurate all the time.
A new one looks like the War of the Worlds space craft..
Should make the sand monkeys run for their holes..
Ugh OH too late.. hellfire missle. strike..
And now today's forecast for the Pakistan tribal regions. Partly cloudy and hot with intermittent terrorist body part showers likely.
Finally nice weather there.
Last year, Pelosi & Reid & Obama: Bush invaded a country were we had no business and meanwhile, Osama bin Laden is still free and breathing and running the Al-Qaeda network from Pakistan.
This week: “Missiles Hit House in Pakistan Tribal Area, Killing 20”
This week: Pelosi and Reid & Obama: Why are we attacking innocent people in a country that has done nothing to us? They didn’t attack us on 9/11, so why are we there? Bin Laden did. So why are we attacking the innocent people of Pakistan? We didn’t authorize the bombing in Pakistan. Here again, Bush is being a warmonger and not being held accountable and destroying the constitution by acting alone.
Most have been some VIPs there or as the army says, “HVTs” - high value targets.
Again? Wow!
ROFLOL!
The Palestinians must have been a wee bit off target.
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