Here is an update to the "news" out of Pakistan.
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0001/20060117/0926478483.htm&ewp=ewp_news_0106pakistan&floc=NW_1-T
Pakistan: 4 or 5 Terrorists Died in Strike
By RIAZ KHAN
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - At least four foreign terrorists died in the purported U.S. airstrike aimed at al-Qaida's No. 2 leader in a Pakistani border village, the provincial government said Tuesday.
A statement, issued by the administration of Pakistan's semiautonomous 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.
``Four or five foreign terrorists have been killed in this missile attack whose dead bodies have been taken away by their companions to hide the real reason of the attack,'' the statement said.
``It is regrettable that 18 local people lost their lives in the attack, but this fact also cannot be denied, that 10-12 foreign extremists had been invited on a dinner,'' it said.
In Washington, a U.S counterterrorism official said Monday it was not yet known if al-Zawahri was killed.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said a compound that was hit has been visited in the past by significant terrorist figures. ``There were strong indications that was happening again,'' the official said, adding that it appeared that some damage was done, even if al-Zawahri was not there.
The attack has become an embarrassment for Islamabad, a staunch U.S. ally in the war on terrorism. Many in this nation of 150 million people oppose the government's backing of the United States in the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban.
As far as what an artillery shell is good for, IEDs.
