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At least 8 killed as US drone fired two missiles in North Waziristan
The Nation ^ | Wire

Posted on 11/20/2009 4:09:26 AM PST by csvset

A suspected US drone aircraft fired two missiles in North Waziristan on Friday, killing eight people, the second such attack this week.

Eight militants were killed in a US missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Friday, officials said.

The United States has carried out 45 attacks with its pilotless, missile-firing aircraft in northwest Pakistan this year as its forces in neighbouring Afghanistan have faced an intensifying Taliban insurgency.

(Excerpt) Read more at nation.com.pk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: drone; fata; nwfp; pakistan; strike; waziristan; wot
Drone activity.
1 posted on 11/20/2009 4:09:28 AM PST by csvset
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To: csvset

New meaning to the phrase “droning on and on”.


2 posted on 11/20/2009 4:17:18 AM PST by samtheman
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To: csvset
Most likely another "wedding party." Wonder how many goats died.

prisoner6

3 posted on 11/20/2009 4:17:54 AM PST by prisoner6 (ACORN is nuts!)
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To: csvset

Gee, didn’t anyone read them their Miranda rights first? Someone better informa Eric Holder that due process is just out the window here. [/s]


4 posted on 11/20/2009 4:20:41 AM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: csvset

Did our dear reader mandate the drone give the Miranda rights to the recipients of the delivery?


5 posted on 11/20/2009 4:21:34 AM PST by Tarpon (To destroy the people's liberties, you poison their morals ...)
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To: csvset

What? They didn’t get the Miranda warning, or a trip to NYC?


6 posted on 11/20/2009 4:22:31 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: samtheman

It’s always a great day when even one of these 17th century terrorist relics are sent to hell.


7 posted on 11/20/2009 4:28:12 AM PST by dools007
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To: Travis McGee

Exactly, how is it that this farleft administration is going to give the 911 mastermind, and his murderous accomplishes Constitutional guarantees, while Obama simultaneously eradicates their taliban and alqaeda buddies with deadly dronezaps?


8 posted on 11/20/2009 4:34:59 AM PST by AdvisorB (Obamatude could be defined by Blago as something tangible, but not quite as tangible as JJJ's offer.)
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To: AdvisorB

Their thinking is quite fractured.


9 posted on 11/20/2009 4:49:18 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: csvset

So O continues to blow’um up, eh?

WarMonger. :-}


10 posted on 11/20/2009 9:39:41 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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To: Repeat Offender; Pining_4_TX; Forgiven_Sinner; grey_whiskers; BlueDragon; LittleBillyInfidel; ...

Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

FReepmail if you want on or off
11 posted on 11/20/2009 8:30:55 PM PST by G8 Diplomat (If you're going to strike, make it hurt, because you'll get the same blame anyway --Arabic proverb)
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To: csvset

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12 posted on 11/20/2009 11:30:13 PM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (There was a hole here. It's gone now.)
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To: csvset

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13 posted on 11/20/2009 11:32:09 PM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (There was a hole here. It's gone now.)
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