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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 07:18 AM
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U.S. Strikes Taliban Stronghold in Pakistan - another war in Pakistan??
how many mr bu$h*???


ISLAMABAD, Sept. 8 -- At least 20 people were killed and 25 others injured Monday after several missiles fired by unmanned U.S. Predator drones hit a religious school and the house of a powerful Taliban commander in northwest Pakistan, near the border of Afghanistan, according to witnesses and a Pakistani security official.

The missile strike occurred around 10:30 a.m. in the small village of Dande Darpa Khel in the tribal area of North Waziristan. Bashirullah, a resident of the village who like many ethnic Pashtuns only uses one name, said two Predator drones fired six missiles at a religious seminary school run by top Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani. The intense, rapid-fire bombing raid also destroyed Haqqani's nearby home and several other houses, Bashirullah said.

A Pakistani security official in North Waziristan confirmed local villagers' accounts of the attack, saying that the Taliban commander's supporters immediately cordoned off the area around the bombsite and barred anyone from entering. He said that Haqqani and his son, Sirajuddin -- a leading Taliban fighter -- were not in any of the targeted buildings when the missiles struck.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/08/AR2008090800263_pf.html
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grannie4peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 07:25 AM
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1. he wants him sooooo bad !!!
poor old bush-- just can't get 'em!!!!!!! bush will endanger everyone to have his way!!!!!
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 07:30 AM
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2. How many Pakistani children were killed this time? n/t
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