This isn't going to help us in the region.
"Protest, airstrike roil Pakistani border area" by Bashirullah Khan, Associated Press | January 30, 2008
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan - Hundreds of students chanting "Death to America" protested Pakistan's support for the US-led fight against terrorism, as the government said yesterday that security forces would show "no leniency" in the conflict with Islamic militants.
In the latest violence, a missile strike near the Afghan border destroyed a suspected hideout for militants and killed 12 people inside, intelligence and government officials said....
In Miran Shah, the main town in the tribal border region of North Waziristan, more than 500 students and others rallied yesterday to demand an end to Pakistan's military cooperation with the United States.
"The Pakistan Army is committing atrocities," said Najib Ullah, a student. "They must stop."
Yup! Committing atrocities at AmeriKa's behest!
I'm so ashamed and sorry!!!
A meeting of top security officials yesterday in Islamabad chaired by the interior minister, Lieutenant General Hamid Nawaz, affirmed the commitment to combat militancy. A statement directed authorities "to take stringent measures to curb [terrorist] elements involved in militancy and violence, with no leniency."
Yesterday's missile strike happened in Khushali Torikhel, a village in North Waziristan about 40 miles east of the border, local officials said.
A resident said an armed drone may have carried out the strike.
"We could see a small, white plane flying over the village for the past several days," villager Dildar Khan said.
An Interior Ministry spokesman said he had no information about any missile strike.
Yeah, sure.
Also see: Memory Hole: Happy Helloween
The government often uses airstrikes to attack militants in areas that its ground forces and artillery cannot reach, but some of the aerial attacks near the border in recent years are believed to have been launched by missile-armed US drones flying from Afghanistan.
Authorities in both the United States and Afghanistan have denied knowledge of such operations....
Liars all!!!!
Also yesterday, police and paramilitary counterterrorism forces clashed with a heavily armed group of Islamic militants after a car chase in the southern city of Karachi. At least two police officers died and four were wounded, while three militants died and five were arrested.
Captain Fazal Mahmood said security forces recovered explosives, weapons, and ammunition from the building where the five were hiding."
Looks like Pakistan may be falling apart, readers!
I guess that means U.S. troops will have to occupy another Muslim country!
CUI BONO, readers?
