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Pakistan - The Next Iraq »

[12 Nov 2008 | No Comment | ]

On September 3, the US military sent a force of commandos across the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan on a raid in which 20 innocent civilians were reportedly killed, including women and children. The attack took place in Angoor Adda, the last Pakistani town near the Afghan border in the South Waziristan area. An eyewitness reported, “Later, I saw 15 bodies inside and outside two homes. They had been shot in the head”. He said the dead included women and children and that all were civilians. Other local residents said …