Saturday, April 4, 2009

What's wrong with this statement?

BBC NEWS | South Asia | 'Deadly air strike' in Pakistan
A number of foreign militants were among those killed in the strike at 0300 local (2200 Friday), security officials said.

But a Taleban spokesman said all the dead were civilians.

If George Bush were still President, this is how it would read: A small number of foreign militants were thought to be attending a meeting at the house... according to security officials who requested to remain anonymous. Witnesses at the scene said all the dead were women and children preparing to attend a wedding.

The BBC goes on to inform us:
The drone attacks are said to be part of a new US strategy to eliminate the Taleban and al-Qaeda leadership who are reportedly operating from Pakistan's tribal region next to the border with Afghanistan, says the BBC's Shoaib Hasan in Islamabad.
There's an idea: Kill the leadership, not innocents. Why didn't President Bush think of that?

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