Lindaland
  Global Unity
  Ten killed in US missile attack in Pakistan

Post New Topic  Post A Reply
profile | register | preferences | faq | search

UBBFriend: Email This Page to Someone! next newest topic | next oldest topic
Author Topic:   Ten killed in US missile attack in Pakistan
venusdeindia
unregistered
posted September 13, 2008 07:20 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ok, so i had been praying for it...but still...

quote:
SLAMABAD: At least 10 people were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a US aircraft in the northwestern Pakistani region of North Waziristan, a haven for al-Qaida and Taliban militants, a security official said. ( Watch )

The strike, near the town of Miranshah, was the first since a recent surge in tension between Pakistan and the United States over how to tackle the Taliban and al-Qaida along the border with Afghanistan.

"Yes, missiles have been fired. We have reports that more than 10 people were killed," a security official said.

Residents said two missiles were fired at a former government school where militants and their families were living in Tool Kheil village, 5 km (3 miles) east of Miranshah.

An intensifying insurgency in Afghanistan has compounded pressure on Pakistan to go after militants operating from remote enclaves on its side of the border. It has also led to an increase in missile attacks by US drone aircraft, with about a dozen strikes this year killing scores of suspected militants and civilians.

But in addition to missile strikes, helicopter-borne US commandos carried out a bloody ground assault in Pakistan's South Waziristan last week, the first known incursion into Pakistan by US troops since the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. Pakistan condemned the raid.

The US military said on Wednesday it was not winning in Afghanistan and would revise its strategy to combat militant havens in Pakistan. But Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Kayani said in a strongly worded statement Pakistan would not allow foreign troops onto its soil.

Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity would be defended at all cost, he said, while dismissing speculation of a secret deal allowing US forces to cross the border.

Kayani said there were no quick fixes to a highly complex militant problem and political reconciliation efforts were also needed.

The New York Times reported on Thursday that President George W. Bush had secretly approved orders in July that for the first time allowed US special forces to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the approval of the Pakistani government. U.S. officials declined to comment on the report and Pakistan's US ambassador Husain Haqqani said that Bush had not issued new orders.


IP: Logged

Mannu
Knowflake

Posts: 45
From: always here and no where
Registered: Apr 2009

posted September 13, 2008 02:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mannu     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Both Palin and Obama supports going after pakistan for their cause.

IP: Logged

Heart--Shaped Cross
Newflake

Posts: 0
From:
Registered: Nov 2010

posted September 14, 2008 05:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Heart--Shaped Cross     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks, Venus.

Strange that the media is barely covering this,
and spending so much time on petty election dramas.

IP: Logged

All times are Eastern Standard Time

next newest topic | next oldest topic

Administrative Options: Close Topic | Archive/Move | Delete Topic
Post New Topic  Post A Reply
Hop to:

Contact Us | Linda-Goodman.com

Copyright © 2011

Powered by Infopop www.infopop.com © 2000
Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.46a