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.
Hmmmm.....Funny coincidence?
Air service to North Waziristan starts
Friday, March 14, 2008
By Mushtaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR: After South Waziristan Agency, Pakistan Army Aviation on Thursday launched air service to the bordering North Waziristan Agency (NWA) when a maiden flight airlifted 55 tribesmen from Miramshah to Peshawar free of cost.
Military authorities said these non-commercial flights to both the under-developed tribal regions were launched as a good gesture aimed at facilitating tribal people in their movements to Peshawar and the rest of the country.
Pakistan Army Aviation’s Y-12 aircraft on Monday made a maiden trip to Wana, regional headquarters of South Waziristan, and took military officials and local journalists to Peshawar.
Baffled by this new development in their militancy-stricken region, a sizeable number of tribesmen gathered outside the newly constructed Miramshah airport to welcome the first-ever flight.
Army spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas told ‘The News’ that flights to South and North Waziristan had been launched for helping the people for their easy transportation to rest of the country. “Since the two regions are far-off taking several hours of the residents to reach their destinations by mostly dilapidated roads, therefore, Pakistan Army decided to provide them a swift mean of transportation,” explained the chief military spokesman.
However, Gen Abbas said these flights would not operate on regular basis and also flight schedule would be kept secret due to security concerns in the two restive tribal regions, bordering Afghanistan. He said the Peshawar-based Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) officials would announce flight schedule a day before of the flight.
He said there would be a special quota in each flight for people of the two regions.
It may be mentioned here that Pakistan Army after day night work recently completed airports in Wana and Miramshah, which are situated in the highly guarded military camps.
Also, launch of air services to the two regions had generated hopes among the people of sectarian-hit Kurram tribal region and are expecting that military authorities would now seriously consider their case on merit.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=101276
Wow, is that confusing, it's hard to keep score with these guys. I know which column Al-Qaeda, Taliban and "foreigners" fall into, but what do I do with Jirga, militants and tribesmen. From the article, it appears that some "tribesmen" got into a skirmish with the Taliban and some "militants" were hit also.
lol. Didn’t you buy a scorecard?
They said that they had also seen a drone flying over the area before the attack, the practice adopted by the U.S.-led coalition forces in the past to strike inside the Pakistani territory.
Mr. Predator came a calling.
lol. Mr. Predator has been very busy lately
“Jirga” just means “meeting.”
Sounds like another good hit. They seem to be coming more frequently, which is always good news.
They wanted someone badly.
"Achmed, do you think we should worry about that small, circling airplane?"
"Mahmoud, our guests will be here in 5 minutes! Get that extra leaf into the table and get the extra humus out of the cellar."
It sounds like it was a good hunt. Twenty missiles would probably be an exaggeration, (fog of war and all that), three or seven is probably more likely. Perhaps there were secondary explosions ?
However we're getting this intel, it's paying off with some good info.
Holding a AQ/Taliban meeting at your house just isn't safe.
“Holding a AQ/Taliban meeting at your house just isn’t safe.”
Does homeowner’s insurance cover this?
“By the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air” ping.
More from your link:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ieNDdDm_oqTjerCGSuiRSfmVk0gA
“The missile has left only part of a boundary wall intact and turned the compound into a pile of debris,” he said.
“Body parts were flung into the air and were lying in nearby farmlands,” he added.
Is that’s what it was? Adam “Lumpy Rutherford” Gadahn’s laptop computer ? It must have had a wealth of info, as these AQ/Taliban clubhouses are getting whacked fairly regularly.
“South Waziristan is also the base of Baitullah Mehsud, an Al-Qaeda-linked warlord accused by Pakistan of masterminding the December slaying of former premier Benazir Bhutto.
Mehsud has denied any involvement in Bhutto’s killing.”
Zawahiri is also hiding in SW near Wana.
"The missile has left only part of a boundary wall intact and turned the compound into a pile of debris," he said.
"Body parts were flung into the air and were lying in nearby farmlands," he added.
Yeah, we’ve imported Hamas from the PA, because they have a lot of experience at shooting missiles across State borders. Hamas is so wacked out, we just told them the Jooooooos are now in Wana. Result: 20 missiles (of course secretly modified by the Joooooos and the Crusaders to actually be accurate and deadly, but Hamas will take the rap.) Genius!
Sounds like it is time to bounce the rubble.
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