Posted on 12/17/2009 9:14:05 AM PST by NormsRevenge
MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) Two suspected U.S. missile strikes, one using multiple drones, killed 17 people in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border Thursday, local intelligence officials said.
The officials said the second, bloodier attack involved five drones and 10 missiles an unusually intense bombardment.
The missiles rained on North Waziristan, considered a safe haven for many militants including groups determined to push the U.S. and NATO out of Afghanistan. The strikes in North Waziristan are especially sensitive because they risk angering Afghan-focused militant groups who have agreed to be neutral as Islamabad cracks down on Taliban fighters who have threatened the Pakistani state.
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Kill ‘em all...Let God sort ‘em out................
Prime targets turkey shoot, perhaps?
So despite the shrieking from the media about predator vulnerability, these jihadis didn’t see it coming. I guess they didn’t get the software. ;-)
2 separate strikes, one took out a car with two ‘suspect’ individuals. Later, during a second strike in Dosali village, a pack of drones ripped it up, unconfirmed - 7 foreigners among dead.
‘guess they lost their internet connection, too bad,
Unusually intense bombardment = big fish?
Oh and who did we get this time?
Obama blows 17 terrorists to bits and get praised. Seals give one terrorist a fat lip and get court martialed.
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I wonder. I don’t think they’d waste all those fireworks on just your run-of-the-mill terrorist.
Killed 17 people doing what? I hate when reports make it seem like the victims were innocents.
Were those 17 given their Miranda Rights first? Might be something that is brought up at the New York Terr Trials.
I’d like to see a video of that.
Oh, to the contrary..
Well, they know where to get it now - they told 'em where to get it, what it is called and how much it cost.
Is there no such thing as treason anymore?
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