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U.S. intelligence officials are feeling some sense of vindication today after a Pakistani tribal leader acknowledged that last week's hellfire missile attack on the village of Damadola near the Afghanistan border killed four, maybe five foreign militants. For nearly five days villagers had claimed that only innocent civilians, including some women and children, had been killed when three CIA Predator drones struck three separate targets.
At the same time, those officials now say it appears highly doubtful that the airstrike killed the ultimate target in the attack, Osama Bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri. They expect by the end of the week, al-Qaida will release at least an audio if not videotape of Zawahiri thumbing his nose at the U.S. and condemning the U.S. for killing innocents.
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Link to thisBy weight, here are the Thanksgiving vittles that will be served up to American military forces in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan tomorrow.
TURKEY BREAST 174,912 pounds
TURKEY THIGH 31,853 pounds
WHOLE TURKEY 27,560 pounds
CORN BREAD STUFFING 28,768 pounds
SEASONED STUFFING 25,758 pounds
BONELESS HAM 311,280 pounds
BEEF RIBS 306,480 pounds
BEEF ROUND 33,880 pounds
SHRIMP 211,128 pounds
CRAB LEGS 95,920 pounds
PUMPKIN PIES 32,570
FRUITCAKES 101,040
EGG NOG 17,040 gallons
Discuss (4 comments) Email this | Link to thisPentagon officials say preparations are well underway for the military and National Guard to respond if needed to Hurricane Wilma.
A Defense Emergency Operations Center will be established at Tallahassee, Fla. by tomorrow. The Pentagon has named a Defense Coordinating officer, who will serve as a liaison between state and federal agencies, the National Guard and NORTHCOM, the command in charge of homeland defense.
Homestead Air Force Base in South Florida will serve as the FEMA Mobilization Center. The Corps of Engineers has pre-positioned units in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.
Plans are being made to relocate the 21st Combat Support hospital, a portable medical facility, from Louisiana where it was used to treat victims of Hurricane Katrina to Florida if needed.
Discuss (0 comments) Email this | Link to thisOfficials from the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon say they have no idea what New York Times reporter Judith Miller was talking about in her published claim over the weekend that she was given a "security clearance" when she was embedded with a WMD military team in Iraq.
According to the officials, they know of no instance or circumstance when a reporter has been or would be granted a security clearance for any reason, and don't know that she was given one when she was embedded with the U.S. Army's 75th Exploitation Unit that was tasked with finding Iraqi WMD immediately following the end of major conflict in the spring of 2003.
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