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Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:49 AM Oct 2012

3 Killed, Kids Hurt as Fury Grows Over U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan

Source: CNN

3 killed, kids hurt as fury grows over U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan

Posted at 8:03 am by: CNN's Josh Levs

Missiles blew up part of a compound Wednesday in northwest Pakistan, killing three people — including one woman — a government official said.

The latest suspected U.S. drone strike also injured two children, military officers said.

Militants lived in the compound, but so did civilians, the officers said.

There’s growing fury over the U.S. pounding of areas known to be home to al Qaeda operatives, mainly in tribal zones along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan. A recent independent study said hundreds of civilians, including 176 children, have been killed in the attacks over the last eight years.

Read more: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/24/3-killed-kids-hurt-as-fury-grows-over-u-s-drone-strikes-in-pakistan

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3 Killed, Kids Hurt as Fury Grows Over U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan (Original Post) Hissyspit Oct 2012 OP
K&R Solly Mack Oct 2012 #1
Du rec. Nt xchrom Oct 2012 #2
K&R. nt OnyxCollie Oct 2012 #3
"Obama adviser Robert Gibbs blames Denver Teens Terrorist Father for his Drone Death" KoKo Oct 2012 #4
Absolutely disgusting FiveGoodMen Oct 2012 #6
Hey, I'm okay with this - if it's our guy in the WH doing it, it's just PEACHY!! kath Oct 2012 #5
Hey, I'm ok with this, too. Obama knows what he's doing... truth2power Oct 2012 #7
I'm Not OK With It, But The Other Guy AndyTiedye Oct 2012 #9
Spam deleted by OKNancy (MIR Team) meta1 Oct 2012 #8
.....1 KoKo Oct 2012 #10
Este es un artículo interesante meta1 Oct 2012 #11
000-2 KoKo Oct 2012 #12
I doubt this will cause any blowback at all rachel1 Oct 2012 #13
K&R. (nt) Kurovski Oct 2012 #14
Compound = A home? /nt Ash_F Oct 2012 #15

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
6. Absolutely disgusting
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 01:42 PM
Oct 2012

I'll hold my nose and vote against Romney, but Gibbs and company do NOT represent me!

truth2power

(8,219 posts)
7. Hey, I'm ok with this, too. Obama knows what he's doing...
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 03:01 PM
Oct 2012

I'm so happy to have someone like him to do my thinking for me.

I feel safer already.

AndyTiedye

(23,500 posts)
9. I'm Not OK With It, But The Other Guy
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 03:45 PM
Oct 2012

…promises to do either exactly the same or much worse, on alternate days of the week.

rachel1

(538 posts)
13. I doubt this will cause any blowback at all
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:36 PM
Oct 2012

because if drone strikes were launched by a foreign military on US soil some people, if not most, of us would be quite indifferent or supportive, right?

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