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Pakistan and Afghanistan claim U.S. strikes killed civilians
Chicago tribune ^ | JAn 25,2009 | Tribune news services

Posted on 01/27/2009 9:09:39 AM PST by NoLibZone

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan urged President Barack Obama to halt U.S. missile strikes on Al Qaeda strongholds near the Afghan border, saying Saturday that civilians were killed the previous day in the first attacks since Obama's inauguration.

Pakistani security officials said eight suspected foreign militants, including an Egyptian Al Qaeda operative, were among 22 people killed in Friday's twin strikes in the Waziristan region.

But the Foreign Ministry said the attacks by unmanned aircraft also killed an unspecified number of civilians and it had informed U.S. officials of its "great concern."

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hague; obama; warcriminal

1 posted on 01/27/2009 9:09:40 AM PST by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone

SOP for these lib-lovers...


2 posted on 01/27/2009 9:11:40 AM PST by EnigmaticAnomaly ("Democrats: Seeking an easy life at someone else's expense for 150 years")
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To: NoLibZone

Obama’s a freaking baby killer in his first week of office. Nice guy!


3 posted on 01/27/2009 9:12:05 AM PST by MNDude
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To: NoLibZone

Sworn in Tuesday Jan 20.

Friday Jan 23 Odinga kills 22 innocent Pakistanis.

Odinga is a war criminal.


4 posted on 01/27/2009 9:12:24 AM PST by NoLibZone (Islam must be completely eradicated from the face of the Earth.)
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To: NoLibZone
Odinga is a war criminal.

Impeach Odiga!
5 posted on 01/27/2009 9:14:36 AM PST by ZX12R
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To: NoLibZone
In Pakistan, leaders complain that stepped-up missile strikes — there have been more than 30 since August — fan anti-American sentiment and undermine the government's own efforts to counter Islamist militants.

This is the same government that protects the ISI and military planners of the Mumbai attacks. What will O's response be? Short term? Long term?

6 posted on 01/27/2009 9:15:03 AM PST by JimSEA
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To: ZX12R
Impeach Odiga!

Odinga too!
7 posted on 01/27/2009 9:15:36 AM PST by ZX12R
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To: NoLibZone

Okay Pakistan Foreign Ministry. You take care of thes guys and we wont have to.


8 posted on 01/27/2009 9:16:18 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: NoLibZone

Obama’s Fault


9 posted on 01/27/2009 9:19:39 AM PST by peace with honor
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To: NoLibZone

Whoa!

Suddenly the media rediscovered Afghanistan?

Guess they don’t want to be caught saying we’ve won in Iraq.


10 posted on 01/27/2009 9:21:03 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: NoLibZone

What are civilians doin’ hangin’ so close to the terrorists that they’re hit by the same missile? Aiding and abetting? But I admit, I don’t like true civilians getting killed.


11 posted on 01/27/2009 9:21:05 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing! I'm a doctor, and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: NoLibZone

They all look like civilians when they are dead.


12 posted on 01/27/2009 9:25:09 AM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: NoLibZone

Its impossible to fight civilian terrorists who live among civilians and hide among civilians and launch their attacks from among civilians and aim their attacks at civilians and who are themselves civilians, without killing civilians.

Either you accept that civilian casualties are among the tragic consequences of such a war, you accept that you probably aren’t going to be able to kill the bad guys without also killing his family, or you give up and go home.

He condemned himself to death the day he decided to make war on you. His family pays the consequence right along with him if they don’t have the wit to keep a safe distance from him.


13 posted on 01/27/2009 9:32:59 AM PST by marron
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To: NoLibZone

War is hell.


14 posted on 01/27/2009 9:33:39 AM PST by youngidiot
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To: marron

I am being sarcastic.

For 7 years I listened to the DNC State run Media claimEVERY one shot, killed, questioned or harassed was a civilian trying to take their child to the doctor.

Interesting that the messiah has killed 22 in his first few days in office, without a peep from the DNC or the media.


15 posted on 01/27/2009 9:38:29 AM PST by NoLibZone (Islam must be completely eradicated from the face of the Earth.)
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To: NoLibZone

Pakistan and Afghanistan claim U.S. strikes killed civilians

tit for tat...

oh boo hoo, suck it up Pakistan and Afghanistan, that’s what you get for supporting dirt bags that like smashing planes into civilian buildings...


16 posted on 01/27/2009 9:41:19 AM PST by MD_Willington_1976
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To: NoLibZone
Interesting that the messiah has killed 22 in his first few days in office, without a peep from the DNC or the media.

I'm with you.

17 posted on 01/27/2009 9:44:38 AM PST by marron
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To: NoLibZone

Since the Taliban and the Al-Queda militants don’t exactly dress in a uniform that is readily identifiable, they can mingle with civilians at will.
That is a trademark of their behavior.

If the civilians continue supporting them, and not rising up against them, they are also part of the problem, not part of the solution.

This will continue to be a problem for a very long time, IMO.


18 posted on 01/27/2009 10:44:20 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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