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| US drone attack kills 11 in Pakistan |
| 2010-05-29 |
| A fresh US drone strike has left at least 11 people dead and several others wounded in the troubled northwestern Pakistan, intelligence officials say. A US drone fired missiles into a suspected militant hideout in North Waziristan on Friday, DPA reported. "The drone attack completely destroyed" its target, an intelligence official said on condition of anonymity. Washington claims its airstrikes target militants, but most of the attacks have killed civilians -- since August 2008, such strikes have killed nearly a thousand people in rural areas. The issue of civilian casualties has strained relations between Islamabad and Washington with the Pakistani government repeatedly objecting to the attacks. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Better the target drone strikes than indiscriminate ARCLIGHT strikes followed up with napalm. That's the next most effective means of destroying these Orcs. Which would you prefer? Lay a few of both on them and ask them which they prefer. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-05-29 22:36 |
| #4 Better the target drone strikes than indiscriminate ARCLIGHT strikes followed up with napalm. That's the next most effective means of destroying these Orcs. Which would you prefer? |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-05-29 22:01 |
| #3 Idea! Why don't the drone operators target civilians? That way they can be assured of hitting militants every time! [sarc] |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2010-05-29 15:42 |
| #2 Easy to fix. Hit the center of the Taliban - ISI headquarters - added benefit - they all wear uniforms, so none of this "civilian" stuff. |
| Posted by: Genghis Swartz 1658 2010-05-29 14:06 |
| #1 its airstrikes target militants, but most of the attacks have killed civilians Target militants, kill civilians..... the militants ARE 'civilians'!!! |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-05-29 00:50 |