longwarjournal.org - 11/14/2008
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The US has struck again in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agencies. Three unmanned Predator aircraft are reported to have fired three missiles at a compound in Garyom in North Waziristan. The home was owned by a "tribal man" named Mir Gul, according to Geo TV .
Twelve people, including ...
motherjones.com - 11/12/2008
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news.antiwar.com - 11/12/2008
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As the US strikes continue , so do
Pakistan’s complaints about them. At a meeting last week
with General David Petraeus, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari cautioned that the US strikes were causing a credibility gap , as the Pakistani government ...
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Pakistan’s Protests Against US Strikes Fall on ...
wiredispatch.com - 11/16/2008
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U.S. missile attack kills at least 12 in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Nov 14 (Reuters) - U.S. drones fired missiles into a Pakistani tribal region on Friday, killing 12 people, including five foreigners, ...
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Bill Roggio: US targets compound in North Waziristan
Victory Caucus -- All Content —
... Friday, 14 November 2008 Twelve people, including five "foreigners," are reported to have been killed in the latest airstrike in Pakistan's tribal areas. read ...
U.S. Strikes Inside Pakistan Will Continue
Weekly Standard Blog —
... The U.S. military has struck yet again inside Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas. U.S. Predators hit an al Qaeda safe house in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Twelve people, including five “foreigners” were killed in the attack. ...
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