Posted on 08/12/2008 10:05:36 PM PDT by HAL9000
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At least 10 militants were reported killed when four missiles fired from Afghanistan hit their hideouts in a Pakistani tribal area, officials said today.The missiles struck two militant hideouts in Baghar village in the restive district of South Waziristan on Tuesday night, a senior security official said.
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Wouldn’t it be nice if two of those militants were Moe and Curly??
We seem to be getting some really good hits in.
Heck yeah. Our SF guys probably tagged the targets deep inside Pakistan. Wish we could send those missile systems to Georgia to help out those guys.
Too bad, so sad.
A bad week to be a “militant” in Pakistan. I would send a letter of condolence to their immediate family but I’m fairly sure the local sheep can’t read english
For when you get a chance...
See the update at Jawa....:-)
A HVT was involved me thinks..
Cool. Seems like we’ve got access to their address book and we’re sending some special delivery packages to them.
bttt
...Two intelligence officials based in the region said that between 22 and 25 people died, including Arabs, Turkmen and Pakistani militants.
They said the camp was linked to the militant group of Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
Update 3 - Missile strike kills nine militants in Pakistan (Reuters)
Missiles kill 10 militants in Pakistan tribal area: official
A U.K. publication is reporting at least 24 killed.
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/international-affairs/24-killed-in-pakistan-attacks-$1236212.htm
“Militants sealed off the area and were not letting anyone approach,” he said.
“They aren’t even letting residents who live nearby go there but our information is that they have recovered nine bodies,” he said.
“Residents said aircraft had been flying over the area.”
Sounds like that they may have hit something/someone of great importance. Someone is fingering the targets, that’s my guess.
“Militants sealed off the area and were not letting anyone approach, he said.
“They aren’t even letting residents who live nearby go there but our information is that they have recovered nine bodies,” he said.”
Shoulda fired off four more missiles then. Sort of as clean-up.
reach out and touch someone!
Thanks for the positive news....
Cross-border strike targets one of the Taliban's 157 training camps in Pakistan's northwest
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Bill RoggioAugust 13, 2008 8:50 AM
Taliban commander Abdul Rehman, along with Islam Wazir, three Turkmen, and "several Arab fighters" were reported to be among those killed in today's strike. Some reports indicate up to 25 terrorists were killed in the attack.
The compound is thought to have been run by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-i-Islami, a radical faction with close links to al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. A Taliban training camp and a headquarters building were hit in the strike.
The attack on the Taliban camp in South Waziristan comes one day after a senior US intelligence analyst said al Qaeda has metastasized in Pakistan's tribal regions, and is poised to strike at the US and the West.
"[Pakistan's tribal areas] is a stronger, more comfortable safe haven than it was for them a year ago," said Ted Gistaro, a senior intelligence analyst at the National Intelligence Council said in a speech at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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