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India-Pakistan
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2009-03-01
CNN has a detail-less item about a missle strike and AP radio news said a few minutes ago that there was a strike aimed at Mullah Fazlullah. One can hope.
A U.S. missile strike on a house near Sararoha in northwest Pakistan on Sunday killed nine people and wounded three, Pakistani intelligence officials said. They said the strikes were aimed at militant targets, and local media reported the hits targeted Taliban locations.
The CBS story has the strike on Murghiban, in South Wazoo. Google maps doesn't have a location for that one. Sararoha is apprently a cluster of compounds called Sararogha. Click on the name link and zoom in a little to see what it looks like prior to any strikes...
Posted by:mercutio

#8  <<< Google doesn't seem to believe there is a Murghiban. >>>

Bombed out of existence. But a pretty quick update for Google!!
Posted by: Omoter Speaking for Boskone7794   2009-03-01 23:48  

#7  Try the link for Sararoha. Google doesn't seem to believe there is a Murghiban.
Posted by: Fred   2009-03-01 21:47  

#6  Taliban fighters surrounded the damaged stronghold
Always a good sign.
Posted by: Darrell   2009-03-01 20:47  

#5  Google maps link goes to Coffeyville, Kansas!
Posted by: Grunter   2009-03-01 19:43  

#4  Militant Training Facility for newlyweds. Move along. Nothing here but ded bunnies.
Posted by: .5MT   2009-03-01 16:59  

#3  Doesn't look like the strike went after taliban big turbans. Suspected US missiles kill 7 in northwest Pakistan
The missiles landed in Murghiban village in the South Waziristan tribal region and also wounded three people, two Pakistani intelligence officials said. At least four of the dead were believed to be foreign militants, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

They said drones believed to be used by the U.S. were seen in the air ahead of the strike and that Taliban fighters surrounded the damaged stronghold afterward. The compound was allegedly a militant training facility, the officials said, citing field informants.
Posted by: ed   2009-03-01 16:12  

#2  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/01/world/main4836547.shtml
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-03-01 15:02  

#1  CBS has a story on this.
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-03-01 15:01  

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