Posted on 03/16/2008 4:59:40 AM PDT by csvset
WANA: A missile attack at a house in Wana area of South Waziristan tribal region Sunday killed 16 persons, sources said.
Several also wounded in the missile attack at the house of a tribal leader.
A barrage of seven missiles were fired at the house of a tribesman Noorullah and adjarent area killed 16 and injured several persons, eyewitnesses said.
The injured being transferred to a nearby hospital.
I saw a Paki TV news " ticker" that stated that " foreigners " were killed in the attack.
House in Wana goes boom.
Pong
ping
Notice the word, "foreigners."
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Not sure I “get” this one:
Pak armed forces get terrorists (foreigners)
Tribalists get terrorists (foreigners)
Pak armed forces get tribalists
Can someone help or is there not enough info yet?
only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise :)
Thank you for the cheery news.
Thinning the herd...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) At least 16 people were killed and seven others were injured on Sunday when a missile hit a house in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, state television said.
Residents said they heard several blasts after missiles fired from an unknown site hit a residential compound in Doog village in the tribal district of South Waziristan.
Foreigners linked with Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants were believed to be staying at the compound near Wana, the main town in the area, the residents said.
“Militants have cordoned the blast site and are taking out bodies from the rubble,” one local tribesman told AFP.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ieNDdDm_oqTjerCGSuiRSfmVk0gA
16 killed in missile attack in Wana
Death toll in N. Waziristan firing in Jirga reaches 5
WANA: A missile attack at a house in Wana area of South Waziristan tribal region Sunday killed 16 persons, sources said. Several also wounded in the missile attack at the house of a tribal leader.
A barrage of seven missiles were fired at the house of a tribesman Noorullah and adjarent area killed 16 and injured several persons, eyewitnesses said.
The injured being transferred to a nearby hospital.
Meanwhile, In another incident, the militant, who was grievously injured in a shootout that had triggered between the militants and the tribesmen during Jirga at Spinwah area of North Waziristan, also breathed his last, taking the death toll in the incident to 5.
The tribal sardar Malik Sher, his brother Darya Khan and two members of the Jirga— Sher Azam and Mazak Khan had died in a shootout between the militants and the local Taliban during a Jirga of the Hassankhel Wazir tribes at Spinwah on Saturday, while several militants were injured by the firing of the tribesmen, of them, one militant succumbed to his injuries on Sunday, taking the death toll to 5.
On the other hand, a Jirga was held on the issue of the shifting of government offices from here, the headquarters of North Waziristan. The elders of the Darpakhel, Borakhel and Miranshah tribes attended the Jirga, which regretted the decision of the shifting of Nadra and other government offices from Miranshah Fort to Civil Colony and demanded from the government to scrap this scheme.
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?198558
DAWN TV reported three missiles hit the house of tribesman Noorullah in Shahnawaz village and locals said foreigners were staying at the house at the time of the strike.
A very high value target was there to get this kind of firepower thrown at it.
Can’t have you miss all the fun..
:~ )
You might ask to get this placed in Breaking News.....this could be a big get.
This is all you need to know to realize this was a biggie that got whacked.
Yes indeed. If it were 20 Hellfires, that's quite a bit of HE. Not saying we did it or anything.
< /smirk>
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