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Title: * News * World news * President orders air strikes on villages in tribal area (Pakistan)
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Guardian UK
URL Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/200 ... kistan-barack-obama-air-strike
Published: Jan 24, 2009
Author: Ewen MacAskill
Post Date: 2009-01-24 10:47:40 by bush_is_a_moonie
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Views: 660
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* News * World news * Pakistan
President orders air strikes on villages in tribal area
* Ewen MacAskill in Washington * The Guardian, Saturday 24 January 2009 * Article history
Barack Obama gave the go-ahead for his first military action yesterday, missile strikes against suspected militants in Pakistan which killed at least 18 people.
Four days after assuming the presidency, he was consulted by US commanders before they launched the two attacks. Although Obama has abandoned many of the "war on terror" policies of George Bush while he was president, he is not retreating from the hunt for Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders.
The US believes they are hiding in the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan, and made 30 strikes last year in which more than 200 people were killed. In the election, Obama hinted at increased operations in Pakistan, saying he thought Bush had made a mistake in switching to Iraq before completing the job against al-Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The US marine corp commander said yesterday that his 22,000 troops should be redeployed from Iraq to Afghanistan. Gen James Conway said "the time is right" to leave Iraq now the war had become largely nation-building rather than the pitched fighting in which the corps excelled; he wanted the marines in Afghanistan, especially in the south where insurgents, and the Taliban and al-Qaida, benefit from both a nearby safe haven in Pakistan and a booming trade in narcotics.
Obama has warned that he is prepared to bomb inside Pakistan if he gets relevant intelligence about the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden. He had also said he would act against militants along the border if the Pakistan government failed to.
The US missiles were fired by unmanned Predator drones, which hang in the sky gathering intelligence through surveillance and, when commanded and directed by remote control, to launch attacks.
The strikes will help Obama portray himself as a leader who, though ready to shift the balance of American power towards diplomacy, is not afraid of military action.
The first attack yesterday was on the village of Zharki, in Waziristan; three missiles destroyed two houses and killed 10 people. One villager told Reuters of phonethat of nine bodies pulled from the rubble of one house, six were its owner and his relatives; Reuters added that intelligence officials said some foreign militants were also killed. A second attack hours later also in Warizistan killed eight people.
The Pakistan government publicly expressed hope that the arrival of Obama would see a halt to such strikes, which stir up hostility from Pakistanis towards the government; in private, the government may be more relaxed about such attacks.
There is a lot of nervousness in the new administration about the fragility of Pakistan, particularly as it has nuclear weapons, but it also sees Afghanistan and Pakistan as being linked. In the face of a Taliban resurgence, there is despair in Washington over the leadership of the Afghan leader, Hamid Karzai, and there will not be much disappointment if he is replaced in elections later this year.
But Washington insists on seeing as one of its biggest problems the ability of the Taliban and al-Qaida to maintain havens in Pakistan. Obama on Thursday announced he was making veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke a special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan. The secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, spoke by phone to the Pakistan president, Asif Ali Zardari. 
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#1. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#0)
Four days after assuming the presidency, he was consulted by US commanders before they launched the two attacks. Although Obama has abandoned many of the "war on terror" policies of George Bush while he was president, he is not retreating from the hunt for Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders. just one smooth transition from one murderer to the next....
Oh. If we make him wear chaps it would help portray him as a bull rider too.
"Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them all at once, all he has to do now is to 'educate the people' so that they will have but one common mind to delude." -- Richard Mitchell (1929-2002) Professor at Glassboro State College, NJ, author, founder and publisher of The Underground Grammarian Source: The Underground Grammarian
is that one of the most assinine statements you've ever heard? no, it helps to portray him as an imperialistic murderer like his predecessor.
It is, and it does. What's scary is now we're messing with nuke'd up nation. I better get my duct tape out again.
"Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them all at once, all he has to do now is to 'educate the people' so that they will have but one common mind to delude." -- Richard Mitchell (1929-2002) Professor at Glassboro State College, NJ, author, founder and publisher of The Underground Grammarian Source: The Underground Grammarian
Coffin express from Kabul now arriving gate 13....Paging President Obama.
Christine, There is nothing written about the Pakistani president in this article other than the fact the Clinton talked to him on the phone. It's Obama that's doing the bombing here. Let's be clear. Someone needs to fix this headline. moonie, why did you insert the word "Pakistan" into the headline? It's hard to imagine that you did so accidentally either by typing it in or by insert/paste. I think it's a good idea to stay with the rules in so far as titles go. I can go along with "My Title" at the head of a post. Meddling with the article title however in this way misrepresents what the author had to say and screws up the context of the article as you're reading it. The original title is "President orders air strikes on villages in tribal area." Why in the hell would you want to put the onus on Asif Ali Zardari when it was Obama and our predators that did this bombing? I don't know what others think. The title ought to be changed.
Turtle says: bin Laden is dead, you peckerheads!
In politics there is no murder.
NWO Central to Predator Drones: There are 6 billion "useless eaters" lurking on the planet. Ready, Aim, Fire. How long will it take the Predators to be turned on the "Homeland" or maybe they already have been? There are not a whole lot of caves around here for me to take cover in.
“I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.” - Sam Houston
i think moonie meant to put astericks around Pakistan to delineate where. i edited, making it clearer, by placing Pakistan in parentheses at the end.
I can see now how that happened from looking at the head of moonie's post. Sorry, moonie, for hammering you.
The only change we have is a simian who is so primitive, that he flaunts his hard-on in front of the camera in videos. Such is the primitive power of simian genes. Chimp had them too, but he didn't allow racist prayers and smirk at the good parts, nor did he flaunt hard-ons for the camera. The strikes will help Obama portray himself as a leader who, though ready to shift the balance of American power towards diplomacy, is not afraid of military action. DOUBLE-TALK, NEWSPEAK
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Countries Without a Draft circa 2001 (You'll need this soon if you have kids) RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP He's the one the world has been waiting for. Except those killed by his authorized attack in Pakistan. They weren't waiting for him. I wasn't waiting for him either. I hope I am not next.
God is always good!
I think Obummer should whack a few Indians also, just in case they try to get upitty.
Are yew talkin' about Hopis or Hindoos?
The Os will justify or ignore it.
Hindooers. You notice neither Bush nor Obama has dared lob a few missiles across the border into China??? Wonder how come?
Hey... Every President is entitled to a war. Would you deny Obummer a war with, say, China???? I think we should urge him to teach those uppity Chinks a lesson or two.
That would be striking a match to get a look at the bottom of the fuel drum. It's a lot more fun to pick on the shrimps.
No, I want Him to charge full bore into the yellow hordes using the children of the Os as cannon fodder. I know where a few strapping young men live, and it's time they get of mamma's sofa and into battle.
Be patient, they will be a coming. Just remember Korea, hundreds of thousands of them, blowing bugles and charging during daylight. China can walk to war, they have millions of expendable men and lots of rice.
I had a much older friend that served on the Panay in China during the 1930s. From him I learned about the Chinese, what one is never taught in college.
Barak Bin Laden Osama Obama Barak Osama First thing you know we'll be talk'en bout real terrorists.
Obama's just trying to show his masters that he'll be a good little doggie.
If you have the time, could you impart what he taught you?
Yeah, give us the dope, Cyni. I you were gonna write a little essay on what they don't teach grad school orientalists, what would the thesis be?
Well, some will have to be on PM. He spoke several languages fluently, was thrown out of Naval Academy, my type of guy. Many people lived on the river, born there, lived there and died there. The most gross he told me of was watching the Mother cooking supper or whatever, stop long enough to give birth and if it was a girl, throw it overboard, go back to doing her chores. The human degradation was beyond his comprehension. There was only the elite society that had any order, all of the rest was survival.
Quit whinning. When I copied the headline it pulled the line above it with it. Do you ever do anything but cry like a little baby about everything?
No problem. Sometimes when I copy and paste I don't notice that it pick up other parts of the page.
are the chinese still by law only allowed one child per family?
Cheers.
just keep that opium pipe flowing, eh?
The ultimate effect of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. - Herbert Spencer
read. thanks.
monkey abuse!
You are correct. OB had to show he's as nuts as the rest of them in support of the MIC. Now we have even more "terrorists" for the MIC to fight in the future.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" "is that one of the most assinine statements you've ever heard? " Yes it certainly is. And the fact that it is not recognized as such and torn to the miserable shreds that it deserves by the watchdog media is telling of the sorry state of the information the US receives.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" Where is that ferret guy? What's he think of all of this?
Obummer is sending 30,000 more grunts to Afghan, I assume Mike, Vast and angle have already volunteered.
He don't show. He rightly fears the monkey abuse.
Volunteering is the only honorable thing they can do now..
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestBarack Obama gave the go-ahead for his first military action yesterday, missile strikes against suspected militants in Pakistan which killed at least 18 people.
#2. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#0)
The strikes will help Obama portray himself as a leader
#3. To: OliviaFNewton (#2)
The strikes will help Obama portray himself as a leader
#4. To: christine (#3)
is that one of the most assinine statements you've ever heard? no, it helps to portray him as an imperialistic murderer like his predecessor.
#5. To: OliviaFNewton, christine (#4)
#6. To: christine, bush_is_a_moonie, all (#0)
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* News * World news * Pakistan President orders air strikes on villages in tribal area
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#8. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#0)
#9. To: randge, bush_is_a_moonie (#6)
#10. To: christine, moonie (#9)
#11. To: bush_is_a_moonie, farmfriend (#0)
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I JUST MADE MY FIRST CALL TO A FOREIGN LEADER!! RESPECT ME! I just officially killed my first Pakistanis. See how much power I have?
There's a new alpha male in town. 
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#12. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#0)
The strikes will help Obama portray himself as a leader who, though ready to shift the balance of American power towards diplomacy, is not afraid of military action.
#13. To: IndieTX (#11)
#14. To: Cynicom (#13)
#15. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#0)
Barack Obama gave the go-ahead for his first military action yesterday, missile strikes against suspected militants in Pakistan which killed at least 18 people.
#16. To: randge (#14)
#17. To: Jethro Tull (#15)
The Os will justify or ignore it.
#18. To: Cynicom (#16)
#19. To: Cynicom (#17)
Every President is entitled to a war. Would you deny Obummer a war with, say, China????
#20. To: Jethro Tull (#19)
No, I want Him to charge full bore into the yellow hordes
#21. To: randge, Jethro Tull (#18)
#22. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#0)
#23. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#0)
#24. To: Cynicom (#21)
I had a much older friend that served on the Panay in China during the 1930s. From him I learned about the Chinese, what one is never taught in college.
#25. To: Cynicom, bluegrass (#21)
#26. To: bluegrass, randge (#24)
If you have the time, could you impart what he taught you?
#27. To: randge (#6)
#28. To: randge (#10)
#29. To: Cynicom (#26)
The most gross he told me of was watching the Mother cooking supper or whatever, stop long enough to give birth and if it was a girl, throw it overboard, go back to doing her chores.
#30. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#27)
(Edited)
#31. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#28)
#32. To: christine (#29)
are the chinese still by law only allowed one child per family?
#33. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#31)
#34. To: Dakmar (#32)
#35. To: christine (#1)
just one smooth transition from one murderer to the next.
#36. To: christine (#3)
The strikes will help Obama portray himself as a leader
#37. To: tom007, christine, bluegrass, scrapper2, FerretMike, Jethro Tull (#36)
#38. To: Lady X (#37)
Where is that ferret guy?
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