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2008-03-17 India-Pakistan

20 foreigners die in S Waziristan missile strike

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Posted by Fred 2008-03-17 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1737 views ] Top
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1 Cockles: toasty.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-03-17 00:11|| 2008-03-17 00:11|| Front Page Top

2 Taliban and their local supporters cordoned the compound

Follow up shots please.

Posted by ed 2008-03-17 01:17|| 2008-03-17 01:17|| Front Page Top

3 "was situated about half a kilometre from the station of Taliban commander Maulvi Nazir in South Waziristan."

Looks like someone should draw a 0.5 km radius from the target & see which "station" belongs to that Taliban commander.

Posted by tipover 2008-03-17 02:17|| 2008-03-17 02:17|| Front Page Top

4 Note the local journalist is a Mehsud.

Posted by Grunter 2008-03-17 08:30|| 2008-03-17 08:30|| Front Page Top

5 ed, I was thinking the same thing. We should act a little more like these heartless &*( we are fighting.

Posted by Unique Battle 2008-03-17 14:30|| 2008-03-17 14:30|| Front Page Top

6 please make my day and tel me that was the crater it left, also weren' their a bunch of chechen fighters i say russia owes us about a price of a missile each

Posted by sinse 2008-03-17 16:53|| 2008-03-17 16:53|| Front Page Top

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