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Suspected US missile strike kills 3 in NW Pakistan (Taliban communication center)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/10/09 | Ishtiaq Mahsud - ap

Posted on 07/10/2009 5:21:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a Taliban communication center in the country's northwest late Friday, killing at least three people and wounding three more, intelligence officials said.

The attack was the fifth in two weeks by attributed to American unmanned drone aircraft targeting Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and his network of militants.

Three intelligence officials said the drone fired a pair of missiles at the communication center in the Painda Khel region of South Waziristan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fata; missilestrike; nwfp; pakistan; suspected; taliban; waziristan

1 posted on 07/10/2009 5:21:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Obama lied...People died...

Sorry, I just had to say that - just once...carry on...

Glad they got some bad guys...!


2 posted on 07/10/2009 5:23:29 PM PDT by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Country and the Tea Party! Take America Back! [I hate the TRAITORS in the enemedia.])
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