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US drones 'bomb Pakistan target'
BBC ^ | 14:05 GMT, Monday, 8 September 2008 15:05 UK | staff

Posted on 09/08/2008 9:44:42 PM PDT by gandalftb

At least 14 people have been killed and 15 injured in a suspected US missile strike in Pakistan's border region, witnesses and officials say.

Suspected aerial drones bombed a house and seminary linked to Taleban commander Jalaludin Haqqani.

Villagers say unmanned US aircraft fired several missiles at a house and an Islamic seminary in the tribal area of North Waziristan.

Haqqani and Sirajuddin were in Afghanistan at the time of the attack - they are alive

Badruddin Haqqani

Officials and witnesses say the complex was hit a number of times.

"There were two drones and they fired three missiles," an unnamed resident of Dandi Darpakheil, a village near Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan, told Reuters news agency.

Other reports speak of three drones.

Badruddin Haqqani said one of his aunts had been killed in the raid, and that women and children were among those who had been hurt.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alqaeda; haqqani; haqqaninetwork; islam; mohammedanism; pakistan; taliban; wot
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To: LibLieSlayer

“If you are not prepared to kill all who stand with and support your enemy,then surrender to him, for he has already defeated you”.

Nits become Lice.


21 posted on 09/08/2008 11:01:42 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: river rat

Amen!

LLS


22 posted on 09/08/2008 11:58:34 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (GOD, Country, Family... except for dims!)
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To: gandalftb

They forgot to mention all the cute puppies and kittens that were killed too.


23 posted on 09/09/2008 12:05:50 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: F15Eagle

check it out

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=21e_1199623974


24 posted on 09/09/2008 2:05:06 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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