Suspected U.S. Missile Strike Kills 6 In Pakistan

[Psychoblues]

This is gonna win a lot of hearts and minds.

Source: Reuters

Suspected U.S. missile strike kills six in Pakistan
Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:43am EDT

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. missile strike
on a Pakistani madrasa killed six people, including foreigners,
on Monday in tribal lands regarded as an al Qaeda and Taliban
hotbed, intelligence officials said.

The target of the pre-dawn attack was a house close to a
madrasa used by militants near Azam Warsak village, about 20 km
(12 miles) west of Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan
region bordering Afghanistan.

The attack, one of many in recent months, was launched hours
before Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was due to meet
President George W. Bush in Washington for talks that will focus
on the conduct of the war against terrorism.



A Pakistani military spokesman confirmed an incident had occurred in
Waziristan, but said he was unaware of details, though intelligence
officials in Wana gave a clearer picture...........

More: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL22167020080728

[hjmick]

Nice use of selective editing and ommision. Not to mention changing the headline.

From the link provided:


Al Qaeda chemist likely target of U.S. missile strike

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. missile strike on a Pakistani madrasa near the Afghan border killed six people on Monday, possibly including an al Qaeda chemical and biological weapons expert, Pakistani security officials said.

A senior Pakistani security official said Abu Khabab al-Masri, an Egyptian chemist regarded as one of al Qaeda's top bomb makers, could have been the target.

Monday's pre-dawn attack blitzed a house close to a madrasa used by militants near Azam Warsak village, about 20 km (12 miles) west of Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan tribal region, a known hotbed of Taliban and al Qaeda support.

"We have heard that Abu Khabab al-Masri might have been killed in the strike but there's no confirmation as nobody could go there," a security official, who declined to be identified, told Reuters.

The 55-year-old al-Masri has a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head, and there have been reports of him being killed before....

One official told Reuters the madrasa, or religious school, struck on Monday was a militant base and the owner of the targeted house, a tribesman named Malik Sallat Khan, had ties with the militants.

"The owner of the house and seminary had some links with militants, and the madrasa was not used for education, but as a compound," he said...

[Psychoblues]

More information or possibly disinformation will be provided by the administration. You can bet on that!!!!!!!

[Psychoblues]

This is essentially the same link and information given on a thread started by 5StringJeff in the WOT forum. Could I respectfully request that this one be merged with that one? I did not see the other one until just earlier and apologise for the oversight.

[actsnoblemartin]

im pessimistic that we can win hearts of minds


This is gonna win a lot of hearts and minds.

Source: Reuters

Suspected U.S. missile strike kills six in Pakistan
Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:43am EDT

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. missile strike
on a Pakistani madrasa killed six people, including foreigners,
on Monday in tribal lands regarded as an al Qaeda and Taliban
hotbed, intelligence officials said.

The target of the pre-dawn attack was a house close to a
madrasa used by militants near Azam Warsak village, about 20 km
(12 miles) west of Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan
region bordering Afghanistan.

The attack, one of many in recent months, was launched hours
before Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was due to meet
President George W. Bush in Washington for talks that will focus
on the conduct of the war against terrorism.



A Pakistani military spokesman confirmed an incident had occurred in
Waziristan, but said he was unaware of details, though intelligence
officials in Wana gave a clearer picture...........

More: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL22167020080728

[Psychoblues]

We have done it before, marteen. And we WILL do it again. The American dream is broken right now but I'm doing all I can to fix it. With your help maybe we can get 'er done!!!!!!!!!!



im pessimistic that we can win hearts of minds

[theHawk]

More bad guys dead. Good post pb!

[OCA]

Finally! We do something where it ought to be done for a change!

Bravo!

[MtnBiker]

Dead terrorists, that is good!