U.S. strike kills at least 4 in Pakistan-source

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Source: Reuters

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft missile attack targeting a militant camp in Pakistan killed at least four people and wounded three, a Pakistani intelligence official in the South Waziristan region said.

Officials said the drone fired four missiles as dusk fell on Baghar, a village in the mountains 55 km (35 miles) west of Wana, the main town in the region.

Foreigners were among the fighters staying in the tents by the spring that runs through Baghar.

U.S. commandos raided the nearby border village of Angor Adda on Sept. 3, and another helicopter-borne raid there was aborted on Monday after Pakistani troops and villagers opened fire, according to Pakistani officials. (Reporting by Hafiz Wazir and Alamgir Bitani, writing by Simon Cameron-Moore)

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL155085.htm

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1. After vows to respect sovereignty, U.S. strikes in Pakistan

Source: McClatchy Newspapers

After vows to respect sovereignty, U.S. strikes in Pakistan

By Saeed Shah, McClatchy NewspapersWed Sep 17, 5:12 PM ET

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A U.S. missile strike Wednesday in Pakistan further inflamed relations between the two anti-terrorism allies, just hours after the American military chief vowed to "respect Pakistan's sovereignty."

The strike against suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal area, which runs along the Afghan border, is thought to be the sixth such attack this month. It came as Washington is demanding that Islamabad do more to prevent Taliban and al Qaida extremists from using its territory.

Pakistani leaders have condemned the U.S. military interventions, which include the first documented American ground raid in the country earlier this month. The strikes have caused an uproar in Pakistan .

Four missiles were fired from unmanned U.S. aircraft Wednesday at a suspected militant hideout at around 7 p.m. local time in a village in South Waziristan , killing at least six people, according to a local security official, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity because he isn't authorized to talk to journalists.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080917/wl_mcclatchy/3047956

[Doctor_J]

2. What's the CINC up to these days?

Facing a tough Press Corpse tomorrow?

[bluesmail]

3. After almost eight years of the Cheney Gang

I can honestly say I am NOT surprised. Nothing will surprise me. Not even the declaration of Martial Law to suspend the elections. :*

[L. Coyote]

4. Picking a war with a nuclear nation? Not bright. Desperate for November?

[Psephos]

5. Isn't crossing the Pakistan border to engage extremists what Obama said he would do?

Why, yes, it is:

Obama Says He Would Take Fight To Pakistan

By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 2, 2007

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama issued a pointed warning yesterday to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, saying that as president he would be prepared to order U.S. troops into that country unilaterally if it failed to act on its own against Islamic extremists.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/01/AR2007080101233.html

[Seldona]

6. This is just insane.

How do we convince both parties to back the hell down before they start WW3? What a monster we have created, AGAIN. We could be facing our own planes!

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7. Impeach Bush and Cheney Now! They Are Dangerous War Criminals Who Need Imprisonment. n/t

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8. Will we ever see an end to this warmongering, violence -- destructive behavior ... ???

Imagine what this world could have been minus the patriarchal war on nature ... !!

And patriarchal violence . . . !!

Life is about pleasure, beauty --

Patriarchy is about pain/violence --

[Supersedeas]

9. Condi Rice version of sovereignty and diplomacy