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US drone attack kills eight militants in Pakistan
France24 ^ | 6 may 2011 | AFP

Posted on 05/06/2011 4:44:16 AM PDT by csvset

US drones fired a salvo of missiles into a compound in Pakistan's tribal district of North Waziristan on Friday, killing eight suspected militants, local security officials said.

The attack came just four days after US commandos shot dead Osama bin Laden in Pakistan's garrison city of Abbottabad, hundreds of kilometres from the tribal belt and just two hours' drive from the capital.

"A compound and a vehicle were targeted by US drones in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan killing eight militants," a senior Pakistani security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

"Eight missiles were fired on the targets located close to each other," he said, adding that four other suspected militants were wounded.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: drone; pakistan; pakitrash; strike; uav
Attack of the drones continues..
1 posted on 05/06/2011 4:44:20 AM PDT by csvset
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To: csvset

A pretty big middle finger to Pakistan’s leaders . . . after they called for a stop to these attacks in Pakistani land. Guess that harboring Bin Laden was the wrong call!


2 posted on 05/06/2011 4:54:50 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: csvset
Attack of the drones continues..

That data from OBL's compound... it's Explosive.

3 posted on 05/06/2011 4:55:54 AM PDT by sr4402
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4 posted on 05/06/2011 5:24:27 AM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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To: LRoggy

How can a country not know the world’s #1 terrorist is living - literally - next door to your military academy?!

Pakistan is either -

(a) lying
(b) hopelessly incompetent, or
(c) both.

ANY of these choices means Pakistan is an unreliable “ally”. Sometimes it’s just best to do the work yourself.


5 posted on 05/06/2011 5:26:42 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: SJackson
Update:

US missile strike kills 13 suspected militants

6 posted on 05/06/2011 6:39:04 AM PDT by csvset
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To: csvset

Love the smell of fresh intel in the morning. Thanks bin Leaded!


7 posted on 05/06/2011 8:07:46 AM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
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To: csvset

Fire some missiles into the Pakistan intel and administration buildings. You’ll get more terrorist facilitators and sympathizers if not outright terrorists.


8 posted on 05/06/2011 8:36:50 AM PDT by driftless2 (For long-term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: csvset

Barry constructing his caliphate.


9 posted on 05/06/2011 10:25:44 AM PDT by onedoug (If)
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