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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 07:06 AM
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Suspected US missile strike kills 25 people, including 5 children and 4 women, in northwest Pakistan
Suspected US missile strike kills 25 people, including 5 children and 4 women, in northwest Pakistan - NBC

http://www.breakingnews.com/
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Distant Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 07:10 AM
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1. Must be a reporting error. Drone attack don't kill civilians. Right!
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 07:20 AM
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2. Not "suspected"
For sure.

Pakistan: US drone raid 'kills 25' in N Waziristan

At least 25 people have been killed in a US drone strike in the troubled Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan, officials told the BBC.

Missiles were fired on a large compound in the town of Spinwam, but five women and four children in a nearby house were also killed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13167425
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Gravel Democrat Donating Member (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 07:29 AM
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3. ^^^


"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government
those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations,
perverted it into tyranny."
Thomas Jefferson


http://costofwar.com
a heist of monumental proportions
carried out in broad daylight

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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 07:36 AM
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4. Get over it
It's the new version of humanity called collateral damage :sarcasm:
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Distant Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 09:30 AM
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7. It is the same kind of HUMANITARIAN action we are doing in Libya. All is well, God is with us.
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Generic Other Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 09:32 AM
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9. Yet most DUers care more about a tree that got poisoned in Alabama
by a deranged fan who half the internet now wants to lynch. The disconnect is enough to make my head explode!
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 10:24 AM
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11. It's way too sad
There's a complete inversion of reality.
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democrank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 07:43 AM
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5. ENOUGH!
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slipslidingaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 09:25 AM
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6. n/t
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 09:32 AM
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8. When does Pakistan get a NATO no-fly zone to protect civilians?
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The Northerner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 10:01 AM
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10. How much longer until these drone strikes stop? nt
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grahamhgreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 10:44 AM
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12. Where is Osama bin Laden? Why are we propping up Islamic republics in the ME?
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