US missiles kill 8 in northwest Pakistan

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By RASOOL DAWAR

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A U.S. missile strike killed eight alleged militants in northwest Pakistan on Friday on the final day of a year that has seen a major escalation in drone attacks targeting insurgents flowing into neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Four missiles struck a convoy of militants traveling by car and on foot near the town of Ghulam Khan in the North Waziristan tribal area along the Afghan border, the two officials said on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media.

Ghulam Khan is known to be dominated by fighters from a militant group headed by Maulvi Gul Bahadur.


Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101231/D9KEUAOG0.html

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1. Interesting that AP is using the word "alleged".

I don't believe that's been their MO.

[Robb]

2. Actually, AP has been using "alleged militants" since 2008 or so.

They picked it up from AFP, and I believe it was a welcome change.

What's interesting is in the past six months they've stopped using "alleged" or "presumed" to describe US missile strikes from drones or otherwise in the region.

- Robb, who has been following just this. :hi:

[wtmusic]

3. Thanks for correcting that misperception.

It's BBC that's being ol skool.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=4674202

:hi:

[sarcasmo]

4. Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, the World Police marches on.

[IamK]

5. Hellfire missles have been a BOOM to the Ocala economy...

Lockheed Martin, one of the nation’s leading defense contractors, has expanded the workforce of its Ocala plant by 205 new employees over the past 20 months.

That put the company well in excess of the pace of new hires it was required to make under a joint state-county economic development grant.

And these jobs aren’t paying peanuts.

According to county records, the new workers, on average, are earning more than $51,000 a year — which was about $2,000 a year more than the company anticipated in seeking assistance from the state and the county’s Economic Development Financial Incentive Grant program.

http://www.ocala.com/article/20101119/ARTICLES/101119636/1402/NEWS?Title=Lockheed-Martin-exceeds-job-promise-

[truth2power]

6. I wonder who "alledged" them to be militants, and if we'll ever know

for sure if they were or not.

Guess if they weren't, well...too bad for them. :sarcasm:

The US is a terrorist nation.

[IamK]

7. probably many mother-in-laws are called out as militants...