"US strike kills 17 in Pakistan; 27 hurt; Taliban sites were target, officials say" by Munir Ahmed, Associated Press | July 4, 2009
Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamat-i-Islami rallied yesterday in Lahore against reported US drone strikes in Pakistani tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan. (K.M. Chaudary/Associated Press)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - US missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication center yesterday, killing 17 people and wounding 27 others, intelligence officials said.
HOW a DEAD MAN operates a TRAINING CAMP is QUITE the TRICK!
The two attacks by drone aircraft took place in South Waziristan, a Mehsud stronghold close to the Afghan border where Pakistani troops are gearing up for a military offensive, two officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Meanwhile, an army transport helicopter carrying security personnel in the northwest crashed after developing a technical problem, killing 26 people on board, military officials said. An investigation into the cause of the crash not far from the main city of Peshawar was underway, said Major General Athar Abbas.
Of course, NO WAY in the WORLD it was SHOT DOWN or anything.
I'm sorry, I SIMPLY NO LONGER BELIEVE ANYTHING I READ in my NEWSPAPER!
The drone attacks were the latest of more than 40 believed to have been carried out by the United States against militant targets in the border area since last August. Washington does not directly acknowledge being responsible for the attacks, which kill civilians as well as militants.
We never own up to anything, do we, 'murkn!?
Most Pakistanis criticize the drone attacks, and Islamabad officially protests them as violations of its sovereignty. Still, most experts believe the government secretly approves of them and probably provides the United States with intelligence.
Yes, this is SOMETHING ALREADY KNOWN and is REPREHENSIBLE TREASON on the part of the pakistani government!
They are SIGNING OFF on MASS MURDER by AIRMAIL -- and HELPING!
In one attack yesterday, two missiles struck an abandoned seminary in the village of Mantoi that was being used by militants from Mehsud’s group for training, the officials said. In the other strike, one missile hit an insurgent communications center in the nearby village of Kokat Khel, they said.
So "they" say!
In total, 17 people were killed and 27 others were wounded, they said.... Access to the rugged, dangerous region is strictly controlled, and the death toll could not be independently verified.
Also yesterday, US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met government officials in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. She discussed topics of “mutual interest’’ with them, a US Embassy spokesman said....
Like WHAT?
An UPCOMING FALSE-FLAG ATTACK to be PINNED on PAKISTAN?!!!
WTF is HOMELAND SECURITY doing in PAKISTAN!?
In neighboring North Waziristan yesterday, Pakistani warplanes bombed suspected militant hide-outs, killing at least four insurgents and wounding seven others, two more intelligence officials said.
The Pakistan government doesn't even need our drones: they are DOING IT THEMSELVES!
Those air strikes hit targets where Taliban fighters killed 16 government troops in an ambush earlier this week, the officials said, also speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Gee, those DEFEATS and TROUBLES sure get SHORT PLAY in my DISTORTING, WAR-PROMOTING press, 'eh, world?
The United States appears to be increasing the pressure on Mehsud, who is viewed in Islamabad with growing alarm.
Do DEAD MEN feel pressure of any kind?
Last week, the Taliban leader narrowly escaped a strike on a funeral for militants killed in an earlier drone attack. Eighty people died in the strike, although Mehsud escaped unharmed.
Of COURSE HE DID because he is BURIED ina MOUNTAINSIDE somewhere!
Btw, that STRIKE on the FUNERAL?
WAR CRIME!!!!!!
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