
Residents sat amid the rubble of a house hit by a suspected US missile strike in Indi Khel, in the Bannu district about 30 miles from the Afghan border and beyond the tribal region. (Ijaz Muhammad/Associated Press)
I see CHILDREN in the photograph!!!! Was this THEIR HOUSE?
"Suspected US missile strike kills six; Pakistan raid first outside tribal belt" by Stephen Graham, Associated Press | November 20, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The US military apparently struck at Islamic militants outside Pakistan's lawless tribal belt for the first time yesterday, firing a missile that killed six suspected insurgents taking refuge away from the conflict zone along the Afghan border.
The Pakistani government denounced the attack as yet another "grave provocation" amid a series of US military operations in the country that have fanned widespread anger among ordinary Pakistanis. The harsh words were a sharp contrast to comments Tuesday by US and NATO officials, who reported increased cooperation from Pakistan in the fight against militant groups....
Yesterday's attack blew up a house in Indi Khel, a village in the Bannu district about 30 miles from the Afghan border and beyond the tribal region.... Villagers denied any militants were among the dead, but they declined to discuss the identity of the victims. "Go!" one man shouted at a cameraman who pressed for details while shooting footage obtained by AP Television News. Adnan Khan Wazir, a Bannu lawmaker, also insisted that only civilians died.
I wouldn't want to talk to the murderous, western press either!!!!
While Bannu is inland from the frontier tribal areas, it is still a dangerous place, and it falls under the control of the regional government, making the attack specially sensitive. A large Islamist political party threatened to block two major Pakistani roads used to truck supplies to US and NATO troops in Afghanistan unless the cross-border attacks stop.
"If these missile attacks continue, then we will ask the people to create hurdles in the way of supplies for NATO," said Qazi Hussain Ahmed, chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, which has shown it can mobilize thousands of supporters at short notice. The supply lines have never been blocked by protests, but militants and criminals often attack trucks traveling them.
May Allah bless them!
The United States rarely confirms or denies involvement in strikes inside Pakistan, which are believed to be carried out mainly by unmanned CIA drones. --more--"Yeah, WE are getting AS BAD as ISRAEL -- and that is SAYING a lot!!!

