Posted on 10/16/2008 6:15:04 AM PDT by Perdogg
A suspected US drone fired two missiles on Thursday into a Pakistani tribal area that is a known Al-Qaeda and Taliban hub, killing at least five people, security officials said.
The strike in South Waziristan came hours after a suicide bomb destroyed a police station in a separate area of northwest Pakistan, where the government is waging a military campaign against Islamic militants.
"Two missiles were fired, completely destroying the house. Reports confirm five dead," a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
There was no immediate confirmation of the strike from the Pakistani military or from the US-led coalition in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Residents cleared debris from the remains of the house in the search for more bodies after the drones, which had circled over the scene following the attack, flew away.
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Sure glad the US agreed to not launch missile strikes within Pakistan. /s
It would but I don’t expect it. I would be thrilled to see “Video Zawahiri” nabbed this time though.
Bet the U.S. military would never have thought of doing this had not Barry suggested it in the last debate! /sarc
US kills 6 in strike in Baitullah Mehsud's territory
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Today's strike was the first since Oct. 11, when US Predators hit a safe house run by the Haqqani family in North Waziristan. Two days prior, the US hit another safe house in North Waziristan, where more than 30 senior Taliban and al Qaeda leaders are said to have been meeting.
US officials familiar with the Oct. 9 strike The Long War Journal they believe the operation was compromised by Pakistani intelligence, as the meeting was abruptly broken up just 10 minutes prior to the strike. Six low-level al Qaeda operatives and three others were killed in airstrike. No senior leaders were killed in the attack.
And the Paki president once again issues his canned condemnation, for the public: "We will not allow_ (wink wink) U.S. to operate within our country." Anyone who thinks we aren't operating with full sanction is naive. GO U.S.A.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=72283§ionid=351020401
Pakistani military has launched an operation on militants in Bajaur district bordering Afghanistan, killing 12 and injuring several others
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=72202§ionid=351020401
58 killed in Pakistan’s Bajaur region
I hope we give our troops in the KUNAR the additional troops they need to catch these barbarians in the crossfire, rather than letting them jump back into the Kunar -
Good. Keep the pressure on. I was hoping that we would see the increase in strikes that we have witnessed in the past year. This may be the last we see of these operations depending on what happens with our election.
>>US officials familiar with the Oct. 9 strike The Long War Journal they believe the operation was compromised by Pakistani intelligence
He, those Pakistanis are wily.
The whole Afghanistan thingie has been compromised by ISI, from the early days of late 01 when they sent the US forces on numerous wildgoose chases.
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