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Oct 8th, 2010


U.S. Missiles Kill 9 in Pakistan Tribal Area

By Rasool Dawar

October 8, 2010

ISLAMABAD — Two suspected U.S. missile strikes have killed nine people in a northwestern Pakistan tribal region along the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said Friday.

One evening strike in the town of Mohammad Khel killed four people and a second in Datta Khel killed five, two officials said.

The identity of the dead was not immediately known, but the area of the strikes in North Waziristan is believed to be controlled by Pakistani Taliban militants.

The officials said all nine dead are believed to be militants and some may be foreign fighters. …

The strikes would be the seventh and eighth missile attacks this month, keeping up a recent surge in such CIA-run, drone-fired attacks.

In September, the U.S. is believed to have launched at least 21 such attacks, an unprecedented number and nearly all in North Waziristan. …

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: One Year Ago — October 8, 2009

Afghan War Expands to Region

Image: Soldiers secure Pakistan's army headquarters after attack
Soldiers secure the perimeter of Pakistan’s army headquarters after a deadly attack on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. (Photo credit: Adrees Latif / Reuters)

One year ago today, I reported that there were indications Afghanistan could become the theater for a proxy war between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Two Years Ago — October 8, 2008

After the Primary Election: Day 29

Two years ago today, on the 29th day after losing my 2008 primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, in line with my focus on national security, I republished an Oct. 8, 2002 open letter by Michael Livingston outlining why a prospective invasion of Iraq would be a mistake on both rational and moral grounds.

Iraqis look at the car destroyed by planted explosives outside the Iraqi foreign ministry building in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. At least five people were hurt in the blast, police said. From AP Photo by Loay Hameed.
Iraqis look at a car destroyed by planted explosives outside the Iraqi Foreign Ministry building in Baghdad on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. At least five people were hurt in the blast, police said. Two powerful bombs exploded just outside Baghdad’s tightly-guarded Green Zone as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was due to address reporters inside. (Photo credit: Loay Hameed / AP)





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