[Peace-discuss] Bush-Obama terrorism in AfPak

[John W.]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Brussel Morton K. <mkbrussel at comcast.net>wrote:

What is also vile is the subject title of this piece, as it equates Bush
> with Obama.  The equation of Bush with Obama is characteristic of Estabrook
> commentaries.
> --mkb


If Carl were famous enough, one can imagine a headline is some Israeli
publication:  "Ahmadinejad-Estabrook Terrorism Exposed".  Carl would
probably take it as a point of pride, though.




> On Oct 12, 2008, at 6:13 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>
>         Missile strike reported in Pakistan
>>
>> At least five people have been killed in a missile attack by suspected US
>> drones in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border,
>> according to Pakistani intelligence sources.
>>
>> The AFP news agency quoted Pakistani security officials as saying that the
>> missiles hit a compound, belonging to a Taliban member, late on Saturday.
>>
>> The US is suspected in at least 11 missile strikes on the Pakistan side of
>> the Afghan border since mid-August, killing more than 100 people, most of
>> them alleged fighters, according to an Associated Press (AP) count based on
>> figures provided by Pakistan intelligence officials.
>>
>> "Two missiles struck a compound just outside Miranshah," a security
>> official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
>>
>> The targeted compound was the residence of Taliban member Omar Daraz, the
>> official said.
>>
>> There was no immediate confirmation of the strike from the Pakistani
>> military or from US-led forces in Afghanistan.
>>
>> A similar suspected US missile strike on a house in the same district on
>> Thursday killed nine people including six Arab fighters, according to
>> security officials.
>>
>> Orakzai burials
>>
>> Elsewhere in Pakistan, mourners on Saturday buried victims of a suicide
>> bombing near the border that targeted anti-Taliban tribesmen moving to evict
>> fighters from their region.
>>
>> Asghar Khan, a government official, told AP that authorities had tallied
>> at least 34 bodies, but that as many as 25 other bodies may have been taken
>> away by relatives in Orakzai, one of Pakistan's seven semi-autonomous tribal
>> regions.
>>
>> Some media reports put the death tally from the Friday attack much higher.
>>
>> One unconfirmed TV report late on Saturday said 113 people died in the
>> bombing.
>>
>> 'Hideouts' destroyed
>>
>> A security official said that Friday's attack occurred a day after
>> tribesmen had targeted two hideouts belonging to pro-Taliban groups
>> operating in the area.
>>
>> It also came a day after four tribal elders in Bajaur, a tribal region
>> north of Orakzai, were abducted and beheaded after attending another
>> pro-government meeting, officials said.
>>
>> "People will tell you that Pakistan is already in a state of war. Every
>> day there are suicide bombings," Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder, reporting from
>> the North West Frontier province, said.
>>
>> "The violence is escalating at a time that the national assembly is not
>> able to come to grips with the situation."
>>
>>        ###
>
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