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US drone attack kills 10 in Waziristan
The Nation ^ | April 30, 2009

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.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: drone; fata; nwfp; pakistan; strike; taliban; uav; waziristan
Bang!
1 posted on 04/30/2009 3:12:22 PM PDT by csvset
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To: csvset
US drone attack kills 10 in Waziristan

That just has to be one of the greatest headlines in the last few years. "Wazitistan" alone gets 33 Scrabble points.

2 posted on 04/30/2009 3:19:09 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: csvset

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.


3 posted on 04/30/2009 3:19:23 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: csvset; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Grampa Dave; PhilDragoo; Dog

I dunno, might just be another Air Farce One photo-op gone horribly wrong.

The obamination would be FURIOUS.


4 posted on 04/30/2009 3:20:06 PM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (the obamination will ruin this nation)
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To: csvset

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?


5 posted on 04/30/2009 3:20:11 PM PDT by boroman
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To: csvset
Nice shooting, UAV operators!

I hope the life expectancy of the occupation of "terrorist" or "taliban fighter" continues to drop.

6 posted on 04/30/2009 3:20:57 PM PDT by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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To: boroman

Yes, they were just poorly trained teenagers. Took to Talibaning ‘cause there weren’t any other jobs available.


7 posted on 04/30/2009 3:29:02 PM PDT by csvset
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To: csvset; BOBTHENAILER; Ernest_at_the_Beach

When will we hear from the Pink Lesbos, movingon,Kos and ABCNNBCBS about expanding the war into a boggy morrass?


8 posted on 04/30/2009 3:29:02 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does Zer0 have any friends, who are not criminals, foriegn/domestic terrorists, or tax cheats?)
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To: csvset
How is this not torcher? Like killing three teens in a boat holding a single American. Yet, we can Waterboard one guy that may hold information that will save thousands?
9 posted on 04/30/2009 3:39:13 PM PDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: devane617

can = can’t


10 posted on 04/30/2009 3:39:59 PM PDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: csvset

I fully support President Obama’s new policy of blowing up islamists instead of torturing them.


11 posted on 04/30/2009 3:40:38 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Ah but this is the “good fight” doncha know.


12 posted on 04/30/2009 3:46:57 PM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (the obamination will ruin this nation)
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To: freedumb2003

Sadly words that are capitalized usually aren’t acceptable.


13 posted on 04/30/2009 3:49:51 PM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

>>Sadly words that are capitalized usually aren’t acceptable.

You never play “house rules?”


14 posted on 04/30/2009 3:54:03 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: csvset
During the Bush Administration the headline would read, “Predator Drone kills 10 Civilians”. All the sudden we're getting unnamed sources confirming that these were ‘Taliban’.

I have no problem believing these guys were Taliban. I just have a problem with the Media's sudden “suspension of disbelief”.

15 posted on 04/30/2009 4:02:19 PM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: csvset; BIGLOOK; Beckwith; Ernest_at_the_Beach; cripplecreek; PhilDragoo
Actually, 0b0z0 used 10 of his new made by Chrysler/GM Citi Bank/AIG drones priced at 1 Billion $'s per Drone to take out the whatever we call them today. Below is a picture from a recent test in fly over America of the Billion $ Drone.


16 posted on 04/30/2009 4:02:33 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does Zer0 have any friends, who are not criminals, foriegn/domestic terrorists, or tax cheats?)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
...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.

17 posted on 04/30/2009 6:48:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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