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2010-10-04 India-Pakistan
Otto, Fritz, & Hans, and 5 other AQ Dronezapped
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Posted by Glenmore 2010-10-04 15:01|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 From Times Of India. It looks like all eight were German nationals, as well as the two injured.

US drone strike kills 8 German militants in Pakistan

Eight militants with German nationality were killed while two sustained critical injuries, sources said.

The dead militants belonged to Jehad Al-Islami, they added.

The sources said 90 per cent of foreign fighters in the tribal belt are members of this group.

The group mostly operates in Afghanistan and its members visit the tribal belt to rest and regroup.

Posted by tipper 2010-10-04 15:22||   2010-10-04 15:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Let us hope these are the Germans who were planning the Mumbai-style attacks in Europe.
Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-04 16:32||   2010-10-04 16:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Plenty more where they came from, TW.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-10-04 16:48||   2010-10-04 16:48|| Front Page Top

#4 "The hills are alive with the sound of missiles...."

Background from a few days ago:
Pakistan: Dozens of Europeans in terror training
(About 8 fewer now.)
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2010-10-04 17:05||   2010-10-04 17:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Euro-jihadi’s favorite SUV?

Range-Roaster! (As opposed to the cheap Ford Exploders, Nissan Path-Flamers, and Toyota Land-Spatters favored by less nuanced terrorists)
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2010-10-04 17:15||   2010-10-04 17:15|| Front Page Top

#6 And the others may be starting to have serious second thoughts.

(That is if their masters let them know anything about it at all).
Posted by CrazyFool 2010-10-04 17:50||   2010-10-04 17:50|| Front Page Top

#7 And during Octoberfest. How insensitive to the German culture.
Posted by Penguin 2010-10-04 17:58||   2010-10-04 17:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Jihadi Oktoberfest...
Posted by tu3031 2010-10-04 19:04||   2010-10-04 19:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, today was the last day of Oktoberfest. I guess that wasn't the target.
Posted by crosspatch 2010-10-04 19:11||   2010-10-04 19:11|| Front Page Top

#10 who would have thunk that Lederhosen wearing Germans would be enaged in such mischief.
Posted by Jack Salami 2010-10-04 19:25||   2010-10-04 19:25|| Front Page Top

#11 who would have thunk that Lederhosen wearing Germans would be enaged in such mischief.

There was that flood, Jack, and leather shrinks when wet, I've heard... that would make even a Christian saint cross.
Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-04 19:52||   2010-10-04 19:52|| Front Page Top

#12 I got an e-mail that one of our R/C club members is coming home from the 'stans for Monster planes in Lakeland, Fl this coming weekend. Guess his boss said, "If you catch up on your work you can take time off."
Posted by Guillibaldo Unusing2147 2010-10-04 20:27||   2010-10-04 20:27|| Front Page Top

#13 R/C club? Definition, please.

Oh, and that sounds like things are going well, Guillibaldo Unusing2147. Thank you.
Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-04 20:36||   2010-10-04 20:36|| Front Page Top

#14 I believe R/C stands for remote control, tw. As in remote control airplanes.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-10-04 20:45||   2010-10-04 20:45|| Front Page Top

#15 Photographic evidence that they were, indeed, Germans...
Posted by tu3031 2010-10-04 21:19||   2010-10-04 21:19|| Front Page Top

#16 Thank you, Barbara dear. There are so many things I don't know!

tu3031 you are a super silly. :-)
Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-04 21:53||   2010-10-04 21:53|| Front Page Top

#17 In this context, R/C means radio controlled (as of a remote controlled airplane).

In a sense, a Predator is just a BIG R/C airplane.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia  2010-10-04 22:17||   2010-10-04 22:17|| Front Page Top

#18 Now, now, lets not bring innocent Sausages + Beer Hops into this.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-10-04 23:53||   2010-10-04 23:53|| Front Page Top

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