U.S. missiles kill 20 in Pakistan border town

[The Straight Story]

U.S. missiles kill 20 in Pakistan border town

MIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike targeting a home and a speeding vehicle near the Afghan border killed 20 alleged militants early Tuesday, officials said.

The attack happened in the Bangi Dar village of North Waziristan, a tribal region that is a base for insurgents responsible for many of the attacks on U.S. and NATO forces just across the border in Afghanistan.

The U.S. has increasingly relied on missiles fired by unmanned drones — a program that is rarely officially acknowledged — to kill suspected Taliban and al-Qaida-linked fighters based in the northwest.

Tuesday's strike was the eighth this month. So far this year, nearly 100 such strikes have occurred in Pakistan, a major surge over previous years. Nearly all have hit North Waziristan, the mountainous border region where the Islamists run a virtual mini-state outside the Pakistani government's control.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40208773/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

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1. I Truely Believe That We'll Soon Be Hearing That Bin Laden Was........

caught up in one of these bombings. I don't know how soon - but I have to think that they have him in the crosshairs and that he is a main target in these drone attacks. With a report that says "U.S. missile strike targeting a home and a speeding vehicle near the Afghan border" seems reasonable to think that catching or killing Bin Laden is eminent.

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2. even if they get him the war will go on, probably get worse

as people will see him as a martyr and take up his cause.

He died long ago is my guess :)