<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>The Hot Joints &#187; air strike</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/tag/air-strike/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com</link> <description>Conservative news and opinion</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:00:35 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- google_ad_section_start --> <item><title>U.S. Missile Fired In NW Pakistan</title><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/06/10/us-missile-fired-in-nw-pakistan/</link> <comments>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/06/10/us-missile-fired-in-nw-pakistan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:30:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[U.S. Military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[War on Terror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[air strike]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Predator]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotjoints.com/?p=3730</guid> <description><![CDATA[An American unmanned Predator Drone is thought to have fired a missile at something or someone on the Afghan/Pakistan border today. The missile was believed to have been fired into the Mohmand ethnic Pashtun tribal area in northwest Pakistan. This makes sense, because this same area has been hit by Predator drones on at least [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/a118_predator_firing_hellfire_2050081722-16359.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3731" title="a118_predator_firing_hellfire_2050081722-16359" src="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/a118_predator_firing_hellfire_2050081722-16359.jpg" alt="a118 predator firing hellfire 2050081722 16359 U.S. Missile Fired In NW Pakistan" width="325" height="168" /></a><br clear="left" /></p><p>An American unmanned Predator Drone is thought to have <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL18030620080610?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews&amp;rpc=22&amp;sp=true" target="_blank">fired a missile</a> at something or someone on the Afghan/Pakistan border today.</p><p>The missile was believed to have been fired into the Mohmand ethnic Pashtun tribal area in northwest Pakistan. This makes sense, because this same area has been hit by Predator drones on at least four separate occasions, resulting in the deaths of dozens of militants.</p><p>Unnamed Pakistani govt. officials confirms there was an attack, but won&#8217;t give any specifics as to what or who the targets may have been.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">&#8220;There was an attack by a spy plane close to the Afghan border but we don&#8217;t have information about casualties or damage,&#8221; said the government official based in the region. He declined to be identified.</p><p>Neither U.S. nor Pakistani authorities usually confirm U.S. missile attacks on Pakistani territory, which would be an infringement of Pakistani sovereignty.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/06/10/us-missile-fired-in-nw-pakistan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <!-- google_ad_section_end --></channel> </rss>
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