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India-Pakistan
Tribesmen fire at US drones
2012-01-19
[Dawn] Annoyed with the silence of the government and others over the US drone intrusions, gun-totting rustics took things in their hands on Tuesday and fired at the drones that appeared over North Wazoo Agency.

Local people said that more than six unmanned planes were seen flying at low altitude over 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...
, Razmak, Datakhel, Mirali, Shawal and other areas of North Waziristan throughout the day.Angry rustics in some areas started heavy firing on the drones.

Witnesses said that rustics used Kalashnikov rifles and heavy machineguns to shoot down the intruding unmanned planes.

According to reports, drones also flew over Azam Warsak area of the adjacent South Waziristan Agency.

The government had shown strong reaction to NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
attack on Salala post in Mohmand
... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
Agency in November last, warning the foreign forces stationed in Afghanistan of a tit-for-tat response.

The attack by NATO forces had left 26 officers and soldiers dead.

According to reports the armed forces had upgraded their air defence system along the Afghan border to thwart violation of the country`s airspace. However,
there's more than one way to skin a cat...
residents of Miranshah, the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan Agency, said that despite heavy presence of security forces in the region drones continued to hover over the area and fire missiles.

`The US drones have not only continued sorties but also resumed missile attacks in North Waziristan, but the government has adopted complete silence over the strikes,` they said.

Two missile attacks had been carried out in the area and nine suspected snuffies had been killed since January 11.

Infuriated tribal people said that like halting supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan, the government should also take serious measures to stop drone attacks.

Meanwhile,
...back at the laboratory the fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight...
tribal people experienced a daylong curfew in several areas on Tuesday as all offices, educational institutions and bazaars remained closed. Markets in Miranshah, Mirali and others parts of the agency were closed because of the curfew.

Miranshah, Mirali, Dosali, Razmak, Datakhel and other areas remained under curfew from 6:30am to 5pm owing to movement of army convoys. Business outlets, schools and government offices were closed. The curfew brought life to a standstill in the area and even patients were not allowed to visit hospitals.

Officials said that troops had stopped movement in the volatile region owing to torrential rains and snowfall in some areas.

Political administration has made announcements that main roads would remain closed to traffic.
Posted by:Fred

#2  They want to waste ammo, who are we to complain?
Posted by: mojo   2012-01-19 11:06  

#1  We should go to Hobby Hut or whatever & get a bunch of little RC planes & set 'em loose buzzing over Wazoo towns - the locals can have great fun trying to shoot them down, kind of like throwing baseballs at milk cans at the county fair.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-01-19 09:46  

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