Afghanistan/Pakistan: On Ground Updates - November 20, 2008

On Ground Updates:
* Afghanistan/Pakistan *
Widespread Anger/Outrage in Pakistan over Latest US Missile Strike In Northwest Pakistan
Thursday, November 20, 2008

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... VOANews.com has this report about the widespread anger and outrage in Pakistan over the latest U.S. missile strike against a terrorist target deep inside their country. It starts off like this... There is a widespread anger and outrage in Pakistan over the latest suspected U.S. missile strike against a terrorist target deep inside the country. Taliban militants have threatened to launch revenge attacks across Pakistan unless the United States puts an end to the attacks. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad the foreign ministry summoned the U.S ambassador to protest the missile strikes, saying they are undermining public support for Pakistan's anti-terror campaign... In the past two months, the United States is believed to have launched about 20 missile strikes targeting al-Qaida and Taliban bases in Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal region that borders Afghanistan. The attacks are said to have killed dozens of people... The United States neither confirms nor denies it is behind the missile strikes, but U.S. officials are reported as saying they have killed key al-Qaida operatives in Pakistan in recent months...
Read the full report at link below...
Pakistan Protests Missile Strikes
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* AFP.Google.com reports it this way...
Pakistan protests US drone attacks, Taliban warns of reprisals

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