Officials: US Drone Strike Kills 6 Suspected Militants in Pakistan

[The Northerner]

Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed at least six suspected militants in the country's northwest.

Two missiles hit a compound in the Shawal area of the North Waziristan tribal agency on Tuesday, in the latest strike to hit the al-Qaida and Taliban militant stronghold.

Officials told VOA's Deewa Radio that those targeted in the attack belonged to the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network, believed to be based in North Waziristan. U.S. and Afghan officials blame the militant group for numerous attacks in neighboring Afghanistan.

Tuesday's drone strike comes despite Pakistani demands for the United States to end such attacks. Islamabad says they violate the country's sovereignty, while Washington considers drone attacks a key tool in its war against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

The Long War Journal, an online publication that reports on the global war against terrorism, says that in 2011 the U.S. carried out 64 drone strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region.

Source: http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/06/26/officials-us-drone-strike-kills-6-in-pakistan/


So, when will the public be able to view the evidence proving that the slaughtered suspects were indeed involved in whatever crimes they've been charged with?

[morningfog]

1. If it's dead, it's a "suspected militant."

We don't even call them suspected terrorists anymore. The CIA rarely even knows the identities of those we kill. These are the so called "signature strikes." This has drifted into a war on militants, whatever the hell that means.

We do know that any male aged 18 or more anywhere near a drone strike is automatically deemed a militant.

[SidDithers]

2. 244...nt

Sid

[whatchamacallit]

6. What does 244 signify?

[Bolo Boffin]

9. Connect the dots. n/t

[whatchamacallit]

10. Holy shit that's funny!

They don't come much more clever than you, Bolo Boffin.

[demosincebirth]

3. Six more terrorist down.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Drones are the new wonder weapons in another lost war.

Anything to avoid admitting that we lost is the strategy now.

[whatchamacallit]

5. Suspected Militants

ages 2 through 9...

[Comrade Grumpy]

7. They're suspected militants because we killed them.

[malthaussen]

8. Sovereignty? I got your sovereignty right here!

We treat our allies like this, and we expect them to smile and take it? Well, why not, it's the way we treat our own citizens.

"Spread nicely for the cavity search, now."

-- Mal

[hack89]

11. If US terrorist groups were killing Canadians

and the US government did nothing to stop them, would Canada be justified in attacking those terrorists in America?

I say yes.

[hack89]

13. OK. nt