Posted on 06/02/2008 3:21:44 AM PDT by Dog
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) — A suspected missile strike destroyed buildings including a mosque in a Pakistani tribal area early Monday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, security officials said.
At least two blasts ripped through the compound in Spilga, a village on the outskirts of Miranshah, the main town in the Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan, the officials told AFP.
No casualties were reported after the explosions, which happened shortly after midnight (1800 GMT), said the officials who are based in the region.
Officials in Islamabad said they had no details.
Missile attacks attributed to US-led forces in neighbouring Afghanistan in the past have claimed the lives of several militants in Pakistan's volatile tribal belt.
More than a dozen people were killed in a missile strike in the Bajaur tribal region in May. The Pakistani military said it had lodged a protest with the US-led coalition over that attack.
Stay tuned..
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=58377§ionid=351020401
Didn’t you predict this a week or so ago?
Note: Photo included.
http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=152937
“Missile Fired at House in NW Pakistan”
SNIPPET: “At least one missile was fired at a house next to a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, almost completely destroying the building but killing no one, a resident of the area said.”
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL27869020080602
UPDATE 1-Missile fired at house in NW Pakistan-residents
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MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, June 2 (Reuters) -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “”There was a big explosion and we heard a drone flying in the sky,” Noor Mohammad, a resident of the village, Sapalga, said of the attack which happened about half an hour after midnight.
“It was a missile attack and it destroyed the building almost completely but there were no casualties.”
Other residents said two missiles had been fired, adding they had no information about casualties.”
You will see this more and more frequently until Bushy hands over the keys..
The beauty of these strikes it causes fear in AQ central leadership....because getting the location of this many safe houses means our intelligence capability(HUMIT and SIG) is off the charts.
Matter of time and we dial in Zawahiri himself.
...and we are still waiting for the "spring offensive".
It will be a satisfying day when the news of Z’s demise is announced.
“Suspected missile strike in Pakistan tribal area: officials “
It’s always great to start the week with a Predator strike on Waziristan.
Letter for Mongo.....................
Missile attacks attributed to US-led forces in neighbouring Afghanistan in the past have claimed the lives of several militants in Pakistan's volatile tribal belt.
...without one contextual mention of how many innocents or coalition members those "militants" have butchered.
A GREAT way to start off the week BTTT !!
Let me guess, they could hear it's propeller. NOT!
Those jet powered drones are long gone before the missile hits, and fly far too high for anyone on the ground to hear, especially in all the mayhem following a missile strike. Muslims wouldn't be LYING now, would they?
I wouldn't be the least bit suprized if this was nothing more than another "Mohammad" assembling a roadside bomb wrong in the Imam's basement after smoking some opium, doing a few prostrations and death to America chants.
I have this wonderful mental image of 40-50 Jihadis' just salivating to get into the fight, after an intensive 10 days of training, but waiting....waiting, cause they're having a most difficult time finding a leader who is still capable of drawing breath.
Meanwhile, spring moves relentlessly into summer and .....NOTHING.
Spilga, eh?
Good.
Hunt ‘em down.. and then..
BOOM
Ka.Ka.
BOOM!!
I have this wonderful mental image of 40-50 Jihadis' just salivating to get into the fight, after an intensive 10 days of training, but waiting....waiting, cause they're having a most difficult time finding a leader who is still capable of drawing breath.
That was my first thought, too. Just a work accident, but no worker’s comp......
They may have experienced another less than tragic case of premature jihadulation..
Ah, the June monthly missile strike in Pakistan. I was wondering when the next one was going to come! It had been awhile.
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