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The Northerner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 11:07 PM
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US missile strike kills seven in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A US missile strike killed seven rebels in an attack targeting a compound in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border on Monday, local security officials said.

The strike occurred in Shalam Raghzai, 10 kilometres (six miles) northwest of Wana, the main town in South Waziristan tribal region in the early hours.

The attack came just three days after a US drone strike that local officials said likely killed a senior Al-Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri, one of the network's most feared operational leaders.

"A US drone targeting a compound near a religious seminary fired two missiles killing seven militants," a senior security official in the area told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Another security official confirmed the strike and toll but said "the identities of those killed in the strike were not immediately known".

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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 11:11 PM
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1. Definition of an Al-Qaeda = anyone that gets killed by a US missile strike. nt
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 11:16 PM
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2. I would imagine that the amount of information retrieved from OBL's place
has created the opportunity to deal with a lot of AQ operatives. Even if they've split, the news will get back to them, and they'll spend more time covering their tracks than they will plotting revenge for his death.
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 11:20 PM
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3. That's weird. A poster just told me there was no war in Pakistan.
How can me understand?
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 11:28 PM
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4. Quick association test: The US is to Pakistan as Rick James is to....
A) Charlie Murphy
B) Eddie Murphy's New White Couch
C) Charlie Murphy
D( Eddie Murphy's New White Couch
E) ALL OF THE ABOVE

PB
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