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India-Pakistan
'Predator buzzed over Lal Masjid'
2007-07-16
An American writer based in Pakistan, who claims to have been a friend of Abdul Rashid Ghazi, has disclosed that on the night of July 8, a Predator drone buzzed over the city of Islamabad.
"Really. I seen it!"
The Predator must have been a US one because Pakistan does not have Predators. The next night, claims Nicholas Schmidle in the Washington Post, that Ghazi took a shot in the leg, refused to surrender and was finally killed.
"It wuz the Predator as shot him. I seen that, too."
“Over the past year, I’d gotten to know Ghazi quite well. Every few weeks, I would visit him at Lal Masjid to chat about everything from jihad and the Islamic revolution he planned to lead, to our preferred vacation spots and his favorite English authors. We rarely agreed about anything substantive.”
Posted by:Fred

#9  All your molecules belong to us!
Posted by: BA   2007-07-16 13:37  

#8  Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2007-07-16 12:40  

#7  You think Nicholas Schmidle knows the difference?
Posted by: Steve White   2007-07-16 10:40  

#6  "Grim" Reaper if it does what it is capable of - increased speed, altitude, sensors, weapons capacity.
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-07-16 10:06  

#5  MQ-9. Sorry
Posted by: mrp   2007-07-16 08:19  

#4  The image is that of a MQ-1 "Reaver' "Reaper".

More images here .
Posted by: mrp   2007-07-16 08:18  

#3  How high do the Predators fly? How low do they have to be for the average Pakistani to see them?
Posted by: Bobby    2007-07-16 06:51  

#2  Pictured appears to be an RQ-4A Global Hawk or variant, as opposed to an RQ-1 Predator.
Posted by: Besoeker   2007-07-16 02:42  

#1  I looked up some of the writings of Nicholas Schmidle. This piece reminded me of Michael Totten's writing.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-07-16 00:06  

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