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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOfficials: US missile attack kills 9 suspected militants in northwest Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani intelligence officials say U.S. drones have fired eight missiles at a compound in the country's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border, killing nine suspected militants.
The officials say the compound that was targeted on Monday in Dre Nishter village in the North Waziristan tribal area was owned by a commander allied with Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a prominent militant leader focused on fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
The Pakistani officials say the nine suspected militants who were killed were believed to be Bahadur's fighters. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.
U.S. officials had no comment. They do not often speak in detail about the covert CIA-run drone program in Pakistan.
The officials say the compound that was targeted on Monday in Dre Nishter village in the North Waziristan tribal area was owned by a commander allied with Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a prominent militant leader focused on fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
The Pakistani officials say the nine suspected militants who were killed were believed to be Bahadur's fighters. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.
U.S. officials had no comment. They do not often speak in detail about the covert CIA-run drone program in Pakistan.
Source: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Officials+missile+attack+kills+suspected+militants+northwest/6976043/story.html
I haven't seen any evidence proving that those dead suspected militants were involved in any crimes but I'm assuming that such evidence will be publicly available sometime in the future, right?
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Officials: US missile attack kills 9 suspected militants in northwest Pakistan (Original Post)
The Northerner
Jul 2012
OP
Another hard fought and Glorious Victory for our side. Too bad we lost.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2012
#4
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)1. No
The "evidence" against them will remain secret until the "war on terror" is over which probably won't be in our lifetimes.
onethatcares
(16,185 posts)2. they don't even sweep any of it under a rug anymore.
the drones and their operators just shoot a few more missles and it's on to the next one.
Suspected militants, aaaah, hell, it usually turns out to be a wedding party or a family reunion.
all the "suspected", "were believed" and the rest is just bullshit.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)3. 273...nt
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Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)4. Another hard fought and Glorious Victory for our side. Too bad we lost.