US Drone Strike Kills at Least Ten in South Waziristan
At Least Four Others Wounded
Last Updated 4/29 7:15 PM EST
US drones flying over Pakistan’s South Waziristan Agency fired a pair of missiles at a house described as a “known safe-haven,” killing at least ten people and wounding four others. The house and a vehicle of unknown configuration were also destroyed.
The attack was the first in over a week – an attack on April 19 in South Waziristan killed eight civilians, many of them women and children, and successfully destroyed a ceasefire negotiated between the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Pakistani government just one day prior.
The number and severity of the attacks have risen dramatically since President Barack Obama took office. The Pakistani government continues to publicly object to the drone strikes, saying they are undermining its support in the region, but it has been repeatedly shown that they are privately providing both target ideas and direct support for the US attacks.
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wadosy
April 29th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
if pakistan goes under and refuses to use its samson option, would that mean that muslims –or at least pakistani muslims– are more moral than israelis, who seem to be willing to nuke as many people as possible as they go under?
Dale A. Sender
April 29th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
winning hearts and minds with Hellfire missiles. Ya gotta love em!
Larue
April 30th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Could we PLEASE get an accurate map of the actual REGION being discussed in articles about Pakistan's issues, instead of the same dated, rehashed long shot of Pakistan that is always put up?
It wouldn't take much effort to google the region with "map of" and get a usable map of the actual area.
When discussing Swat Valley, Lower Dir, South Waziristan, etc it would help the legitimacy of the read to see a map that actually RELATES to the read.
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