"Missile strikes kill 18 people, Pakistan says; News reports say five of dead were militants" by Laura King, Los Angeles Times | January 24, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - In the first such strikes since the inauguration of President Obama, suspected US missile barrages yesterday killed at least 18 people in the lawless tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said.
Update: Death toll in two 'US missile strikes' in Pakistan rises to 21
The two raids suggested that the new US administration intends to press ahead with attacks against Islamic militants in rural areas, even though the campaign has been politically costly to Pakistan's Western-leaning civilian government....
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Dozens of such raids were carried out in the past six months by the Bush administration, killing several important Al Qaeda-linked figures. But scores of Pakistani civilians, including women and children, also died, according to local officials.
Yeah, but no need to mull over the slaughter!!!
The first of yesterday's attacks took place in the North Waziristan village of Zharki, with missiles striking at least two structures, according to security officials. A short time later, a strike was reported in South Waziristan.
The American military in Afghanistan refused any comment on the raids, but US forces are known to operate unmanned Predator drones from bases on the Afghan side of the border, together with newer Reaper aircraft.
In a sign of simmering anti-government and anti-American sentiment, hundreds of people staged a demonstration yesterday, demanding a severing of ties with the United States.
Yeah, KILLING PEOPLES' FAMILIES always draws that kind of a reaction -- except here in AmeriKa!!!!!
Also yesterday, new violence hit northwestern Pakistan, where Taliban insurgents have pushed beyond the tribal areas to menace civilians and government troops alike.
I am SO SICK of the DAMN BIAS of the shit AmeriKan jewsmedia!!!
Two Pakistani soldiers and three civilians were reported killed in bombings in the Swat Valley, a onetime tourist area 100 miles north of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad where Taliban militants hold sway despite months of government efforts to dislodge them....
The United States does not acknowledge firing the missiles, which are believed to be mostly fired from drones operated by the CIA and launched from neighboring Afghanistan.
Yeah, we don't even admit our mass-murder!!!
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Hey, 'bamer, there is PAKISTANI BLOOD on your HANDS!!!
And AFGHANI BLOOD, too!!!
"US, villagers differ on overnight raid
KABUL - The US coalition in Afghanistan opened an investigation into an overnight raid early yesterday that American commanders say killed 15 armed militants but that Afghan officials say killed 11 civilians. The US military said militants fired on the coalition forces during a raid against a Taliban commander in the eastern province of Laghman. It said a woman carrying a rocket-propelled grenade was among the 15 killed (AP)."
Did they PLACE THAT next to her like they do in Iraq, or....?
Yeah, I AM SICK of the MUSLIM-HATING, ZIONIST PROPAGANDA, folks!!!!
And let's make it a HAT TRICK, shall we?
BAGHDAD - US forces shot to death a husband and wife and wounded their 9-year-old daughter during an early-morning raid yesterday on their home in northern Iraq, according to the US military and Iraqi officials.... The man, angry over his wife's death, physically attacked the soldiers and they shot him, according to the statement.
The chairman of the Hawija Council said the woman's husband, Dhia Hussein, had not been in Al Qaeda in Iraq, as the US military had asserted. "I personally know Colonel Dhia Hussein. He is one of the former army officers, and he was trying to return to the new Iraqi Army. He has no affiliations with any armed groups," council Chairman Hussein Ali Salih said....
Chalk up MORE DEATHS to the "friendly fire," of "liberators," huh?
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