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India-Pakistan
Us Drone Strike Kills Four In Miranshah
2012-03-31
MIRANSHAH: A US drone strike killed four suspected cut-throats and maimed three others on Friday in North Wazoo, intelligence officials and hard boyz said. The remotely piloted aircraft targeted a residential compound used by cut-throats in Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
, a Pakistain Taliban capo said. "The four dead are local Talibs," an intelligence official told Rooters. "Two missiles hit a house and four hard boyz were killed," a security official told AFP. "The attack took place at about 3:00am." Witnesses said the attack triggered a fire, which destroyed the building. The compound was located in the moneychangers market in the commercial district. agencies
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  I would totally stop confirming drone hits.

I would keep putting a story that Taliban munitions mishandling blew it up.

Oh and I'd make sure we weren't THAT careful about "civilians" nearby. pour encourager les autres
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2012-03-31 17:05  

#3  Hard to believe it myself, but I actually agree with Obama?
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-03-31 11:27  

#2  Obama's desperate to disengage. Can't do that with ramped up Taliban activity, so he's become more aggressive with the zaps, I would guess.
Posted by: lotp   2012-03-31 10:41  

#1  Our dronezaps are generally on rural compounds or vehicles on open roads; this seems to have been in the heart of town, where the risk of collateral damage is a lot higher. Did we have a high-value target or have all the targets moved to human-shielded locations now?
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-03-31 09:33  

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