"The airstrike killed civilians in a village in northwest Pakistan but ..

[gristy]

... missed its target, the No. 2 leader of Al Qaeda, officials said."

Or so says the sub-headline. See the link in the upper left-hand corner of this page: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html

Seems to me that "but" is the appropriate word if you are targeting the Al Qaeda leader and civilians. So is the headline writer illiterate or am I mistaken?

[havocmom]

1. 'and' would have been more accurate

[wurzel]

2. Attack defended by McCain

We have to get these guys he says. If these guys were holed up in a NYC row home would we bomb it?

[spanone]

3. Not only McCain, but Evan Bayh and Trent Lott on MTP.