Posted by: zanshin, 2009-01-26 01:21

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Date: 2009-01-23 (Friday)
Obama, in his first military action as president, sanctioned two missile attacks inside Pakistan, killing 22 people, reportedly women and children among them. The attacks drew criticism from Pakistani officials at the weekend.






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