Posted on 04/30/2009 3:12:21 PM PDT by csvset
PESHAWAR - At least 10 persons were killed on Wednesday evening when two missiles fired by a US drone hit a house in Kanigoram, a village in South Waziristan Agency. According to initial reports, the house razed to the ground as a result of the strikes, killing around 10 people and injuring several others. The local people have confirmed the report. Agencies add: A local administration official and intelligence officials confirmed the missile strike in South Waziristan. “Those who had been killed in the strike are mostly Taliban militants,” a security official told AFP. “A nearby house was also damaged in the missile strike,” another security official said. A local resident Israr Jan said that he saw a missile hit a vehicle parked outside a house. “We were standing at some distance and saw a vehicle being hit by a missile fired from a spy plane,” Jan said. According to reports reaching here, the US drone fired two missiles at the house. The targeted house and a vehicle were completely destroyed in the attack.
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That just has to be one of the greatest headlines in the last few years. "Wazitistan" alone gets 33 Scrabble points.
The use of drones would be effective in the fight against pirates. Once they are at sea there is no place to hide from drones.
I dunno, might just be another Air Farce One photo-op gone horribly wrong.
The obamination would be FURIOUS.
I guess Obama feels this is a more humane way of treating people than waterboarding. Where they read their rights before they were blown away? Did they get to consult with an attorney first? Where there any innocent bystanders killed by one of Obama’s starships?
Look to me like Obama and Biden are the real Evil Emperor and Darth Vadar. Will they be persecuted and prosecuted for their war crimes?
I hope the life expectancy of the occupation of "terrorist" or "taliban fighter" continues to drop.
Yes, they were just poorly trained teenagers. Took to Talibaning ‘cause there weren’t any other jobs available.
When will we hear from the Pink Lesbos, movingon,Kos and ABCNNBCBS about expanding the war into a boggy morrass?
can = can’t
I fully support President Obama’s new policy of blowing up islamists instead of torturing them.
Ah but this is the “good fight” doncha know.
Sadly words that are capitalized usually aren’t acceptable.
>>Sadly words that are capitalized usually aren’t acceptable.
You never play “house rules?”
I have no problem believing these guys were Taliban. I just have a problem with the Media's sudden “suspension of disbelief”.
...a US drone hit a house in Kanigoram, a village in South Waziristan Agency. According to initial reports, the house razed to the ground as a result of the strikes, killing around 10 people and injuring several others. The local people have confirmed the report. Agencies add: A local administration official and intelligence officials confirmed the missile strike in South Waziristan. "Those who had been killed in the strike are mostly Taliban militants," a security official told AFP.
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