AFP says only 17.. oh well.
Suspected US missile strikes kill 17 in Pakistan: officials
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanusunrestmissile_20090623171628
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – At least 17 people were killed Tuesday when suspected US missile strikes hit a Taliban base in Pakistan’s northwest, pounding militants gathering for funeral prayers, officials said.
The first reported strike by an unmanned drone aircraft hit near Makeen village, 60 kilometres (37 miles) northeast of Wana, the main town in South Waziristan and a stronghold of Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud.
“A missile attack by a suspected US drone took place in rugged mountainous terrain in Neej Narai in South Waziristan,” said a Pakistani security official who did not want to be named as he was not authorised to speak to the media.
He said the first drone fired three missiles Tuesday morning, adding that “six militants were killed and seven others wounded in the attack.”
Another security official confirmed the incident and casualties, saying that the missiles destroyed a compound, a bunker and two vehicles of the Taliban in the semi-autonomous tribal belt along the Afghan border.
As militants gathered for funeral rites for the dead later in the day, another unmanned drone aircraft dropped three more missiles, officials said.
Gotta love that! Guess the Commander in charge says “Screw their funerals, these are just too d@mn target rich!”
So Obama agreed to bomb mourners at a funeral?
What a hawk! How classless and cruel!
I’m sure the peace protesters will be out this weekend right?
I’ve noticed how every one of these dead individuals is described as a “militant”.
Well how cool is that? Those unmanned drones must have some new “militant detector” on board now? How does THAT work?