First suspected drone strike in Pakistan since bin Laden raid

frogmarch

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Fri May-06-11 02:37 PM
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First suspected drone strike in Pakistan since bin Laden raid

Source: CNN

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suspected U.S. drone struck and killed targets in Pakistan's tribal region Friday, the first such attack since American troops killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden north of Islamabad earlier this week.

Two Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN that 12 suspected militants were killed in the assault in the Data Khel region of North Waziristan, one of the seven districts of Pakistan's volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

The drone, an unmanned aircraft, attacked a militant hideout and a vehicle carrying militants.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/pakistan.drone.strike/index.html

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ixion

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Fri May-06-11 02:39 PM
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1. ... and the War for Pax Americana rolls on

wheeee! :(

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some guy

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Fri May-06-11 02:44 PM
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2. + 1

:cry:

:grr:

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krabigirl

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Fri May-06-11 03:58 PM
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4. +1 indeed.

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newfie11

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Fri May-06-11 02:57 PM
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3. and we believe pakistan intelligence why? n/t

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bvar22

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Fri May-06-11 05:23 PM
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5. But we GOT the guy who did 9-11.

Isn't the WAR over? :shrug:

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