Sunday, September 27, 2009

If a Missile Lands in Pakistan and the Boston Globe Does Not Cover It, Does It Murder Anyone?

Globe never made mention of it; had to catch a brief from my local.

"Suspected U.S. Airstrike Kills 4 in Northwest Pakistan" by Rasool Dawar and Riaz Khan, Associated Press | September 25, 2009

MIR ALI, Pakistan -- A suspected U.S. missile strike killed four people in northwestern Pakistan late Thursday, intelligence officials said -- the latest in a spate of attacks close to the Afghan border that have squeezed al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

Such strikes have killed high-ranking insurgent commanders, including Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, but they have also claimed the lives of civilians and drawn protest from Pakistani leaders. Two intelligence officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the strike occurred near the town of Mir Ali in the North Waziristan tribal region.

Despite protests in Pakistan, Washington has shown no sign of abandoning the attacks. Many analysts contend that Pakistani security agencies quietly provide intelligence for the strikes....

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After a while, you realize how shoddy a paper the Globe is -- and why it is losing over $1 million dollars a week.


WHAT ELSE is the GLOBE HIDING, CONCEALING, or OMITTING, huh, readers?