Posted on 09/30/2008 2:32:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - A missile strike by a suspected US spy drone hit a house in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, killing at least four people and wounding nine, security officials said Wednesday.
The attack is the latest in a string of incidents on the rugged frontier that have raised tensions between Islamabad and Washington, including a clash between Pakistani troops and US-led forces in Afghanistan.
It happened shortly after Pashtun tribesmen shot at three drones circling the village of Khusali Toorikhel in North Waziristan, a known haunt of Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants.
"After the drones came under fire a missile hit a house in the village. We have four dead now and another nine people were injured," a local security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The United States has stepped up attacks on militants in Pakistani territory since a new civilian government came to power in March and the incidents have become an issue in the US presidential election.
Washington said Monday it supports Pakistan's "territorial integrity" amid the tensions between the two allies in the "war on terror".
The US government presented the stand in a joint statement with Pakistan following talks in Washington between US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
"The United States affirmed its support for Pakistan's sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity," according to the joint statement issued by the State Department.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Department of Defense (DOD) file photo shows an unmanned Predator surveillance plane. A missile strike by a suspected US spy drone hit a house in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, killing at least four people and wounding nine, security officials said Wednesday.
(AFP/DoD-HO/File/Jeffrey S. Viano)
A U.S. pilotless drone fired two missiles at a house in northwest Pakistan killing five people, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said Wednesday. In the latest attack, a drone fired two missiles at a house near the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan, at about midnight Tuesday, two intelligence agency officials said. (Graphics/Reuters)
Trolling?
Sounds like mosquitoes, I think.
Pockeystawn is how Obambi pronounces it.
A wedding party no doubt.
Maybe it was a Rosh Hashonna gathering.
It long overdue to raise the stakes for Pakistan being “tolerant and supportive” of Taliban or AQ within their border....
“I’m in favor of “more destructive” weapons being deployed from the Predators.”
As long as they’re hitting targets over there, and they are not going after folks here, in a few years.
Well in Urdu it is pronounced Pahk-i-stahn.
Blow the bustards to their 72 Virginians and be done with it!
The enemy is being engaged, and they do not like it?
Wahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Poor Taliban.
Careful, they fire back.
I was thinking that one was due. It had been a week or so since the last one. Good news for ISI's new spy chief?
saw this earlier today and found it to be a real gem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPc9xG1sajI
Democratic translation for Democrats will protect America,...
“Democrats will protect America from Iranian Nukes with tough, principled MAGIC.”
My radar is going off.
kablooey ping.
Got a theory?
More important than the existence/availability of weapons - is just who the hell has command/control over those weapons and the forces in possession of those weapons.
Damn if I'm not quickly coming to the conclusion there are a lot of folks in this country I wouldn't mourn being attacked by a Predator!
“Got a theory?”
I’m not an economist, but I play one on the internet; If we liquidate OBL the stockmarket will go up 500 points.
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