January 30, 2010 6:31 AM

Officials: U.S. Strike Kills 5 in Pakistan

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(AP)  Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed five people in northwestern Pakistan.

The two officials said Saturday that the midnight attack hit the Mohammad Khel area of North Waziristan. The U.S. is believed to have launched a slew of missile strikes against suspected Taliban and al Qaeda targets in the area since the start of the year.

The identities of the five killed in the latest strike were not immediately known.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Pakistan's government routinely criticizes the strikes as an infringement of national sovereignty, but it is widely assumed to privately support the attacks and help provide intelligence.

AP
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by decotoguy January 30, 2010 3:17 AM EST
Gezzy-mezzy those Chinese are forcing our hand and in the process
were looking more like common criminals,International Criminals
at that. In Vietnam we used carpet booming,napalm,and agent orange,
the pip-squesk public did not like that at all.
The Military Industrial Complex has provided us with the SMART BOOM.
That Smart Boom could hit a flea on a camels back,(but anything within
1000 meters will be destroyed.).Hell-Fire we'll just chart that as
collateral damage,and some how we'll blame it on the
CHINESE....Its time for all good men to come to the aid of their
country and DIE..Meanwhile I'll drink beer and keep someone posted.
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by cowardlyimbecile January 31, 2010 10:48 AM EST
Don't stop drinking.
by edgy44 January 30, 2010 1:05 AM EST
B-52's would be more efficient. Do the Dresden thing on Quetta.
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by rwsmith29456 January 30, 2010 12:58 AM EST
I hope they got the right people.
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