It sounds like last week’s attack on an Islamic terror conclave in western Pakistan may not have been a bust after all. The Provincial Government indicates that there were at least four foreign terrorists killed in the strike along with 14 other “collateral” victims.
My opinion? Anybody harboring terrorists anywhere, makes them a valid target, be they nations or villages. The “women and children” killed were likely indoctrinated by Al Qaeda extremists and fall into the same terrorist category by virtue of their “hate America” mantra, often taught from birth. I think the strike actually got eighteen terrorists who were committed enemies of the United States.
Good shot guys!
From Fox News:
Pakistan: Four Foreign Terrorists Killed in U.S. Airstrike
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least four foreign terrorists died in the purported U.S. airstrike aimed at Al Qaeda’s No. 2 leader in a Pakistani border village, the provincial government said Tuesday.
A statement, issued by the administration of Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, also said that between 10 and 12 foreign extremists had been invited to the dinner at the village hit in Friday’s attack.
It was the first official confirmation by Pakistani authorities that foreign militants were killed in the attack on the village of Damadola. Women and children also died, triggering outrage in this Islamic nation.
The statement did not identify who the foreigners may have been or who was the target of the missile strike.
Pakistani intelligence officials have said Ayman al-Zawahiri, Usama bin Laden’s top lieutenant, had been invited to a dinner in the targeted village of Damadola to mark an Islamic holiday but did not show up and sent some aides instead.