Posted on 02/29/2008 10:09:56 AM PST by gandalftb
PESHAWAR - At least 13 militants, including some foreigners, were killed and 11 others were critically injured as three missiles, allegedly fired by the US forces, hit a house in Kaloshah area of Wana District in South Waziristan Agency on Thursday, eyewitnesses said.
However, the locals informed that three missiles fired from an unknown direction hit the house of Malik Khel Wazir at Shero Village, Kaloshah Azam Warsak area at midnight, killing at least 12 people, mostly foreigners, and injuring 11 others critically.
Exact identity and strength of the foreigners killed in the incident has not yet been determined, but the locals informed that they were either from Arab countries or Central Asia.
An Al-Qaeda fugitive from Egypt is also reported to be among them.
However, the officials claimed that there was a seminary near the house, which was used by the militants as a shelter. It is highly believed that the US forces, either from Afghanistan side or from Arabian Sea, fired the missiles. Residents of Azam Warsak village in South Waziristan told AFP that a house was blown up by a missile fired from a pilotless drone and the loud blast was heard kilometres away in the rugged valley. “A house used as a den by Al-Qaeda and Afghan Taliban militants was hit by a missile. Thirteen people were killed and around 10 were wounded,” a senior Pakistani security official told AFP. The militants were using the house as an “operational base” for attacks on NATO-led and US troops in Afghanistan, as well as a meeting place for Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants, the official said. Chief military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas told AFP that information from the area indicated that the deaths were caused by explosive material stored in a house.
(Excerpt) Read more at nation.com.pk ...
Up to 13 now...
Maybe even Z-Man
Wedding parties just aren’t that much fun anymore.
American warriors with the right intel and weapons are the best in history.
“An Al-Qaeda fugitive from Egypt is also reported to be among them”
Zawahiri is an Al-Qaeda fugitive from Egypt.
Live by - die by
bye bye
Please, please
like Gadahn's notebook -
from your keyboard to God's ears...
These creeps are getting ready of another - this time MEGA SUPER spring offensive on the Kunar - where they have been wreaking havoc for months - on my grandson and his buddies -
May this be the big one...and may he be in tiny pieces...
saw a piece today about some Air Force (Guard) pilots heading for Afghanistan - wouldn't say what part - but the cammies point ummm - up there
Excellent point!
See post 15...
bout time - I suspicioned something like this was in the works what Musharraf kept saying - loudly - that they would NOT allow our forces to do anything in Paki - I thought: "Hmmm, wonder if he's giving the bad guys a false sense of security - the better to track and, ah, 'visit.?'
here’s the recent story of al-Zawahri lamenting the death of al-libi - let’s hope there’s someone now preparing the lament over over al-Zawahri
http://article.wn.com/view/2008/02/28/Slain_alQaida_leader_praised/
His video’s are shot in front of a blue screen...all that behind him is super imposed....fluff.
Nope they had nothing to do with this one....think Langley.
Keeping fingers, toes and occasionally eyes crossed ;)
(prayers for the safety of your soldier)
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