Missile Strike Said to Kill at Least 10 in Pakistan

[Eugene]

Source: New York Times

Missile Strike Said to Kill at Least 10 in Pakistan

By PIR ZUBAIR SHAH and ALAN COWELL
Published: April 1, 2009

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Missiles fired from a suspected American drone struck a militant training camp in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people in an attack apparently aimed at one of the area’s most important Taliban leaders, Hakimullah Mehsud, according to news reports, militants and an intelligence official.

Mr. Mehsud escaped unhurt, the intelligence official said, speaking in return for anonymity. The attack was the first of its kind in the Orakzai region, which lies southwest of Peshawar and close to the border with Afghanistan, residents said.

The region is strategically important because it borders other areas in Pakistan known for widespread Taliban activity.

Mr. Mehsud is a prominent lieutenant of Baitullah Mehsud, the head of the Pakistani Taliban, who claimed responsibility for an attack on police cadets in Lahore this week and threatened to strike at Washington.

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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/world/asia/02pstan.html?ref=world

[ixion]

1. Another glorious victory for Oceana

extra choco-rations for everyone! Double-plus good!

[ohio2007]

2. Taliban take their revenge and deal with "the spies"

Long live the righteous ones of south asia !!

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that'll teach the locals.
another glorious victory for islam

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