Missiles hit Pakistani Taliban stronghold, killing 12

Yahoo News/Reuters ^ | 11-14-08 | Haji Mujtaba

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Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles into a Pakistani tribal region on Friday, killing 12 people, including five foreigners, in an area known as a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud.

Pakistani officials said the attack targeted a house in a remote village on the border between North and South Waziristan, where Mehsud, an al Qaeda ally, has been bottled up by Pakistani forces since early this year.

Frustrated by fighters from Pakistan fuelling the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan and fearful of al Qaeda regrouping, U.S. forces have intensified missile attacks by pilotless drones since early September, security sources say.

"We have reports that 12 people were killed, including five foreigners," a paramilitary official told Reuters by telephone from the area.

It was unclear if the dead foreigners included Arabs, who usually signify an al Qaeda presence.

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Mehsud, who was accused of being behind the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto last December, married a second wife in a ceremony held earlier this week in the Makeen area of South Waziristan.

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Zardari, whose 8-month-old civilian government is desperate for financial support to avert an economic meltdown, denied media speculation Pakistan had silently agreed a deal with the United States to allow missile strikes, and said more cooperation was needed.

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Baitullah Mehsud

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God bless you, Pres. Bush, truly 'sprinting to the finish,' and taking out as many savage beasts as possible in the weeks left as CIC. Thank you for keeping us safe.

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Palin went on to praise President Bush, ..................

“It’s about time that we all remembered that the greatest measure of a president is whether he protected and defended this great country,” Palin said. “I’m thankful he is my soldier-son’s commander in chief and for that I say God bless George W. Bush and I thank you Mr. President.”

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~~PiNG!

[happinesswithoutpeace]

/mark

[JDoutrider]

Good news indeed...

President Bush should tie up all the loose ends he possibly can in his final weeks as America's last lawfully elected P.O.T.U.S.

[Cindy]

Thank you for the ping STARWISE.

[SnarlinCubBear]

Uhhh, “he” found a woman who would marry him? Wow. Let’s all just say “desparation.” OTOH, he didn’t live long. Hope he left her everything (unless, of course, she bit the dust with him.)

[reagan_fanatic]

[FreeAtlanta]

“I’m thankful he is my soldier-son’s commander in chief and for that I say God bless George W. Bush and I thank you Mr. President.”

I bet she is more scared for her son, now, then she was when he signed up. I hope he stays safe and returns home victorious and healthy.

[silent_jonny]

LOL!

I'm glad he's dead, but I just can't stop laughing at his picture.

What good is the mask? Like there are other terrorists with long flowing curly gray hair running around Pakistan? If he was wearing a paper bag over his head, they could still spot him a mile away.

Unless the hair was part of his clever disguise--that makes me laugh even more :)

[silent_jonny]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!

[retrokitten]

Unless the hair was part of his clever disguise--that makes me laugh even more :)

ROTFL!! I think it IS part of a clever disguise attempt! Look at the little spot of hair below the hat, next to his eye, above the scarf- it's black and short. Which bring on entirely new set of questions.

I mean, really, if you had your choice of disguise wigs, why would you go with the long, dark grey curly? "I really like the glamor of the curls, but I need to blend with the locals. So, I'll go with the grey. It will bring out my eyes."

Do you think when he went back to the cave at night he took it off or kept it on? "You know, Achmed, I bought this wig for a disguise, but I really think it does something for me!"

[penelopesire]

GREAT NEWS! And God Bless Sarah Palin for having the courage to remind Americans of President Bush’s success in keeping this country safe! He truly is the unsung hero of the WOT and all the democrats want to do is prosecute and persecute him for it. Ungrateful traitors!

[LtKerst]

Mehsud
is
a
punk
bitch. it sucks to be him.

[jabbermog]

‘If your going down to San Francisco

Be sure to wear

Oh sorry. Wrong fleabag !

[Majie Purple]

That pic makes me think of Captain Hook!
LOL!

[potlatch]

Wow, you are a nightowl!!

[STARWISE]

ROFL!

Pantene or Suave ?

[STARWISE]

........ yawn ....... ;)
Some nights I just do dumb
things.

[potlatch]

LOL!!
We all have nights we can’t sleep..

[Majie Purple]

LOL x 2!! When I wrote the C H comment to Your pic post I hadn’t looked through the rest of the Thread...I did just now...someone else pinged You the same reference,before me,cool!
:)