Suspected U.S. Missile Strikes Kill at Least 20 in Pakistan
Friday, January 23, 2008
* WashingtonPost.com brings us this report today and it starts off like this... At least 20 people were killed in northwest Pakistan near the border of Afghanistan on Friday in two suspected U.S. missile strikes, marking the first such attack in Pakistan's tribal areas since President Obama's inauguration... A U.S. Predator drone fired three missiles at a compound about two miles from the town of Mirali in the tribal area of North Waziristan about 5:15 p.m., according to a Pakistani security official and local residents. The precision strike leveled a compound, which was owned by local tribal elder Khalil Malik, killing at least 10 suspected militants, including five foreign nationals, according to the Pakistani security official. The site of the attack is about 30 miles east of the Afghan border... The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said Malik was killed along with his brother and nephew... Authorities in North Waziristan, however, said they have been so far unable to identify any of those killed because militants immediately cordoned off the area. "I suspect a high-value target may be among the dead," the Pakistani security official said...Read the full report HERE
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* AFP has this short report...
White House no comment on suspect Pakistan strikes
File Photo from Obama Campaign website
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. Good Hunting, President Obama!!!
At least we know... and our enemies know... you DO have it in you.
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Now... If you could only find yourself to say, out loud, to the American People, and our enemies, that we ARE AT WAR! That the War on Terror is real and ongoing... it sure would make a lot of people out here feel a lot better with you and where you’re going with the Country.
AubreyJ.........
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In the Blogs today, The American Pundit had this Post...
Obama’s Airstrike Kills Three Children
(How true... How true!)
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. Good Hunting, President Obama!!!
At least we know... and our enemies know... you DO have it in you.
.
Now... If you could only find yourself to say, out loud, to the American People, and our enemies, that we ARE AT WAR! That the War on Terror is real and ongoing... it sure would make a lot of people out here feel a lot better with you and where you’re going with the Country.
AubreyJ.........
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In the Blogs today, The American Pundit had this Post...
Obama’s Airstrike Kills Three Children
(How true... How true!)
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