CIA drone kills TIMES SQUARE BOMBER'S teachers

[Jeffersons Ghost]

CIA drones kill 14 in attack on Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad's teachers

BY Richard Sisk
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON - CIA drone wolf packs hammered the craggy havens of Faisal Shahzad's Pakistani mentors on Tuesday, killing at least 14 in the heaviest air attack since the botched Times Square bombing.

The pilotless aircraft fired 18 Hellfire missiles that hit a vehicle, training areas and a nearby compound for terrorists in Pakistan's remote North Waziristan area near the Afghan border.

Shahzad, 30, a naturalized American arrested at Kennedy Airport trying to flee the country May 3, has told the FBI he trained with the Pakistani Taliban in North Waziristan.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/05/11/2010-05-11_us_missile_barrage_kills_14_at_taliban_base_in_pakistan_tribal_area.html#ixzz0o19EcxNn

[Wilms]

1. Why do I feel like we're being played...again? n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. ummm, is it because the story deals with the CIA?

could be something valid about your suspicions.

[Wilms]

15. The CIA is one red flag. Here are the others from the article...

drone

Pakistani mentors

Times Square bombing

compound for terrorists

Pakistani Taliban

U.S. officials said

Secretary of State Clinton

Attorney General Eric Holder


That about covers it.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

25. I especially like....

"US officials said" I bet it was a couple of disgruntled Postal Workers.

[mmonk]

21. Americans? Being played by their government?

Are you kidding? That never happens.

[ShortnFiery]

36. Because we are? This news "tidbit" is about as sophisticated and believable as the

logic behind the movie "Men Who Stare At Goats." :wtf: IMO, the CIA's PsyOps are not even trying to be professional any longer. They just throw out "logical bullshit" and expect the unwashed masses to believe it. :crazy:

"Oh yeah, that's beautifully logical MAN! Makes perfect sense ... someone call CNN for the scoop? ... by the way, pass the bong?"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SreufFevUSw

[unhappycamper]

2. Democracy in action. n/t

[kenny blankenship]

4. Well I'm sure that will be the end of it.

or maybe not

[Mari333]

5. great link.

[malaise]

27. Maybe not indeed

A kill for a kill leaves us all dead.

[arcadian]

35. Yeah no problem

From mentors to martyrs in less than 60 seconds. Perpetual wars mean perpetual profits!!!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Another #2 man wiped out? Light at the end of the tunnel time....again?

[NoPasaran]

7. Good

[MadHound]

8. If these were Shazad's teachers killed, we made a huge mistake

Because they apparently couldn't teach Shahzad jackshit when it came to making bombs. Now they actually might get somebody competent as a replacement.

[Scurrilous]

11. LOL

I was thinking the same thing.

[Renew Deal]

28. lol

:rofl:

[ShortnFiery]

38. Yea, with regard to fertilizer, it's *Miracle-Gro" not Miracle-Blo!"

:rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

9. "...a vehicle, training areas and a nearby compound for terrorists."

In other words, a village.

[G_j]

10. do they have some sort of drone attack quota to fill?

sounds like they are grasping for straws, looking for excuses to use the drones.

[Flaneur]

12. Our little drone war seems to incite retaliatory attacks against us.

See ya in Times Square!

[Oregone]

13. 18 missles to kill 14 "bad guys"?

How much did that cost per head?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

14. good point. over a $50,000. I bet

[JackRiddler]

19. More like a million a head, if we must engage in this kind of calculus...

but I hope no one's implying that cheaper ways of killing people are therefore better.

[Oregone]

24. That wasn't my intention

Perhaps this cost just amplifies the level of absurdity

[JackRiddler]

32. Didn't think so! Was just making sure...

and it turns out at least one poster thinks it's an important consideration.





"It's natural to kill people!"

[Jeffersons Ghost]

29. Far be it from me to "imply"....

War seems eternal and innate within humans. Cheaper is better. Maybe we could have a Vietnam retro-sale on missiles. Ahhh, the good ole' days. Maybe we could recruit His Clownliness Georgie the Conqueror Jr. to break out his trusty sword and lead a few missions.

[JackRiddler]

31. Actually what seems to be eternal and innate is the ability to rationalize one's own crimes...

with bogus wisdom about how it's always been this way.

Bet you didn't say that when the Towers were hit. Such justifications are always for "our" side, no?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

34. I wish that i could be more optimistic about humanity but we basically suck as species go

[Statistical]

33. Nah Hellfire is pretty cheap killing device. "Only" $68,000 a pop.

So $68,000 a pop x 18 = $1.22 million in ordinance. 12 people = roughly $100K each.
Of course you have operator time, fuel, and maintenance time of drone. Still pretty damn cheap.

That is the larger problem is dollar to casualties drones are incredibly "efficient". Hell $1.2 million doesn't even pay for the maintenance costs for putting a strike fighter in the air for couple hours.

[Greyhound]

16. Justification for mass-murder, yay.

And from such an unimpeachable source, the CIA.

[FarCenter]

17. If that was Shahzad's school, we should give them a grant

Why destroy schools that turn out incompetent bombers?

[n2doc]

18. ...

[Jeffersons Ghost]

30. cool graphic!

[branders seine]

20. This administration hates teachers...

LOL if it was funny.

That was quick. He must have put Arne Duncan on it and said "they're teachers."

[postulater]

22. Did they check their citizenship papers to make sure they were legal?

[Truth2Tell]

23. CIA drone wolf packs

roving the planet, frothing at the mouth

[Renew Deal]

26. I wonder how close he was to getting killed while he was over there.

:shrug:

[arcadian]

37. I think the Russians should arm the Afghanis with Stinger missiles