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US drone strike kills five in S.Waziristan
The Nation ^ | 14 June 2009

Posted on 06/14/2009 3:43:43 AM PDT by csvset

A US missile strike killed five people in the tribal area of South Waziristan here Sunday, report said.

The attack hit in the Laddha region of South Waziristan, where Washington alleges Al-Qaeda and Taliban rebels who fled Afghanistan after the 2001 US-led invasion are holed up, plotting attacks on Western targets.

(Excerpt) Read more at nation.com.pk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: drone; fata; nwfp; pakistan; strike; taliban; uaf; waziristan
Get'em.
1 posted on 06/14/2009 3:43:43 AM PDT by csvset
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To: csvset

How about a drone against Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Khamenei!? How about some B-2s buzzing over Tehran air-dropping thousands of crates with Kalashnikovs across Tehrans main streets!?

This would do more to win the War on Terror than blowing up caves and tents in Pakistan.

The absolute inaction of this administration re. Iran defies description.


2 posted on 06/14/2009 3:51:38 AM PDT by SolidWood (www.firedavidletterman.com)
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To: csvset

Did they drop Miranda leaflets first?


3 posted on 06/14/2009 4:03:45 AM PDT by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: csvset
Tomorrows Headlines from NYT's, WaPo, LaT's

US drone strike kills five in S.Waziristan
civilians hit again by US lead forces.

4 posted on 06/14/2009 4:19:03 AM PDT by ThreePuttinDude (o)...Ayatollah of GlennBeckistan... keep it goin' brother...(o)
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To: ThreePuttinDude

Only 5? Too bad.


5 posted on 06/14/2009 5:16:40 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Impeach President Soros!!!)
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