Pakistan drone strike update: Some of 30 killed by U.S. missiles were tribesmen holding a jirga

[The Straight Story]

Pakistan drone strike update: Some of 30 killed by U.S. missiles were tribesmen holding a jirga, security sources and elders tell NBC News

http://www.breakingnews.com/

Dozens die as US drone hits Pakistan home

At least 35 suspected Taliban fighters killed in missile strike by US drone in North Waziristan.

Missiles fired by a suspected US drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan province, near the border with Afghanistan, have reportedly killed at least 35 Taliban fighters, officials have said.

The drone fired two missiles in quick succession at a residential compound on Thursday, where a group of some three dozen alleged Taliban fighters were meeting, Pakistani intelligence officials told the Associated Press.

The strikes occurred three minutes apart and took place in the Datta Khel area of the North Waziristan tribal region - the main sanctuary for Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters along the Afghan border.

"Militants were using this house as a training centre and used to meet here," a security official in Peshawar told the AFP news agency.


http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/03/20113178411386630.html#

[hobbit709]

1. Dead tribesman=suspected terrorist/taliban.

Just like body in black pajamas=Viet Cong.

[Lasher]

2. A jirga is a tribal assembly of elders which takes decisions by consensus.

So nobody else has to look it up.

[NEOhiodemocrat]

5. Thank you :)

i was curious also!

[Aryo]

3. Are we at war with Pakistan?

[DCKit]

4. No, we're at war with Pakistani civilians. nt

[Duende azul]

6. Where are the no-fly-zone enthusiasts in this case?