US drone attacks kill nine in Pakistan: officials

[Lars77]

Source: AFP

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — Two US drone strikes targeting a militant compound and a vehicle in Pakistan's lawless tribal district of North Waziristan killed at least nine people on Monday, officials said.

Both the attacks took place in Mir Ali town, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Miranshah, a stronghold of Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants and the main town in North Waziristan tribal district along the Afghan border.

Two US drones fired two missiles into a militant compound, and minutes later another drone fired two missiles at a vehicle nearby, officials said.

A senior security official in Peshawar said that at least nine militants were killed and another two wounded.

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[ixion]

1. proving that we don't really give a rat's ass about any other nation's sovereignty

[cosmicone]

2. If Pakistan cares about its sovereignty,

it should a) launch operations to clean up its own terrorists or b) sign a treaty with the US to allow us to go clean up the terrorists.

It is not fair to our servicemen in Afghanistan that Pakistan provides a sanctuary.

As usual, Pakistan is shooting itself in the foot.

[SkyDaddy7]

4. I have to agree. Pakistan needs to do some house cleaning!

They really have not got the message yet that the biggest threat to Pakistan is the Taliban & radical Islamic groups like Al Qaeda NOT INDIA!!

[ixion]

6. LOL... "clean up terrorists"

that is an endless, unaccomplishable task by design.

[PurityOfEssence]

11. Rights will only be suspended "for the duration", though...

Arrogance beyond arrogance.

[former9thward]

7. If you want to be fair to our servicemen then you would support

immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan. Then they would not have to worry about sanctuaries in Pakistan.

[Lars77]

9. How does "terrorists" or "militants" in pakistan pose any threat to the US?

[cosmicone]

14. If Afghanistan becomes a lawless haven

for the Taliban once again, another 9/11 style attack on US soil is probable.

We have to clean up Afghanistan but even more so, downsize Pakistani military and completely dismantle the ISI and forcibly remove the nukes from Pakistan before leaving.

Maybe too ambitious an agenda but as long as Pakistani capabilities remain, the US mainland is not safe. (The former Afghan intelligence chief said the same thing on 60 minutes)

[Lars77]

17. Good luck with that nt

[palmtree guy]

3. so weird

folks on this site when Bush did this kind of thing they howled for his nuts on a stick, when Obama does it, it's FUCK YEAH AMERICA!!!

[wysingm]

5. Oh, well

If we know where they are, why can't Pakistanis round them up? I guess Pakistan said no. Oh, well

[crim son]

8. I am trying to imagine how the U.S. would respond

if Pakistan were sending drones to our country and killing a few civilians every week.

[PurityOfEssence]

10. Boy, we're just on a great big "fuck you" bender, aren't we?

If there was ever a time to tred lightly, this is it.

[sarcasmo]

12. Pakistan, Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq and now we are making threats to Syria.

The military industrial complex has lost it's mind.

[1620rock]

13. Making new friends, one death at a time.

[Nihil]

15. "They hate us for our freedom ..."

"... to blow up random foreigners in their own country ..."

Woo-hoo! Endless War on Terra! Ka-CHING!

:patriot:

[Javaman]

16. War #4 in the making.

As I have stated in other threads, I predict by the end of the year we will be at war with Pakistan.