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| Suspected U.S. missile fired in NW Pakistan |
| 2008-06-10 |
| PESHAWAR, Pakistan, June 10 (Reuters) - A pilotless U.S. drone was suspected to have fired a missile into a Pakistani area on the Afghan border on Tuesday, but there was no word on the target or casualties, a government official said. The missile was thought to have been fired into the Mohmand ethnic Pashtun tribal area in northwest Pakistan where this year, U.S.-controlled Predator aircraft have struck at least four sites used by al Qaeda operatives, killing dozens of suspected militants. "There was an attack by a spy plane close to the Afghan border but we don't have information about casualties or damage," said the government official based in the region. He declined to be identified. Mohmand has not been a hotbed of support for al Qaeda and the Taliban but militants are known to operate there. A Pakistani military spokesman said he had no information about any missile strike. Neither U.S. nor Pakistani authorities usually confirm U.S. missile attacks on Pakistani territory, which would be an infringement of Pakistani sovereignty. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 Ol' Knothead would be an excellent casualty, if so.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-06-10 21:39 |
| #8 See FREEREPUBLIC > ARE WE HUNTING HIM [Osama Bin Laden]? OBL in the Badlands??? *WND > JOSEPH FARAH's G2 Bulletin - AL QAEDA's [Zawahiri]CALL FOR FREELANCERS. Any dedicated Muslim that can strike e.g. NORWAY, etc. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-10 21:16 |
| #7 Just based on our past deadly strikes the percentages are good we've hit some major player or players this time too. My opinion is based on open sources, but from the amount of assets we've got to nail these bastards it should be just a matter of time. GO TEAM GO! |
| Posted by: RD 2008-06-10 21:03 |
| #6 ohpleaseohpleaseohplease . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-06-10 18:12 |
| #5 Comments over at the Jawa Report are speculating this might be Zawahiri. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-06-10 17:36 |
| #4 Could have been a Ruritanian missile. Did the tail fins have the lavender ostrich feather painted on them? Sure givaway that it's a Ruritanian missile. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-06-10 16:59 |
| #3 Oops! *wink* |
| Posted by: doc 2008-06-10 16:51 |
| #2 Bet W would love to bag OBL before retiring... |
| Posted by: Iblis 2008-06-10 16:04 |
| #1 Neither U.S. nor Pakistani authorities usually confirm U.S. missile attacks on Pakistani territory, which would be an infringement of Pakistani sovereignty. Well then there is the Taliban infringement on Afghan sovereignty isn't there? NW Pakinstan must have needed a missile to offset Taliban infringement, eh what? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-06-10 15:45 |