The Voice For Peace is making an appeal to all the factions including US troops, Pakistan Army and terrorists to spare the women and children, who have been living in the war zone in tribal areas they have committed no crime. If the United States, Pakistan and other stakeholders have taken a decision to kill all the tribesmen so they should do that as no one can stop them, but at least we will be making an appeal to them to at least spare the women and children as they have committed no crime. They must be given the chance to live in this world. God the Great is watching the whole situation and is fully aware who is doing what. On the name of God the Great I am making an appeal to all the parties to spare the women and children, who have been living in the war zone. Please spare the women and children. Please.
According to an AP report, U.S. missiles struck a training facility allegedly operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant hide-out Friday, killing 15 people and wounding 27 others, intelligence officials said.

The two attacks by drone aircraft took place in South Waziristan, a Mehsud stronghold close to the Afghan border, two officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

They were the latest in more than 40 such strikes by the United States against militant targets in the border area since last August. Washington does not directly acknowledge being responsible for the attacks, which kill civilians as well as militants.

The strikes came as the Pakistani military prepares for its own offensive in South Waziristan to eliminate Mehsud, who has been blamed for a string of deadly suicide attacks across the country that have killed more than 100 people in the past month.

One attack targeted an abandoned seminary in the village of Mantoi that was allegedly being used by militants from Mehsud's group for training, said the officials. The other struck a hide-out in the nearby village of Kokat Khel, they said.

In total, 15 people were killed and 27 others were wounded, they said.

The U.S. has increasingly targeted Mehsud, who is viewed in Islamabad with increasing alarm, with missiles fired from unmanned drones. Last week, the Taliban leader narrowly escaped a strike on a funeral for militants killed in an earlier drone attack. Eighty people died in the strike, although Mehsud escaped unharmed.

Also Friday, Pakistani warplanes bombed suspected militant hide-outs in neigboring North Waziristan, killing at least four insurgents and wounding seven others, intelligence officials said.

Those airstrikes hit targets where Taliban fighters killed 16 government troops in an ambush earlier this week, two more intelligence officials said, also speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Washington strongly supports Islamabad's campaign against militants along the Afghan border, which it says cross into Afghanistan and attack US and NATO troops.

On Thursday, some 4,000 U.S. Marines launched a fresh offensive in southern Afghanistan against the Taliban. Friday's missile strikes were not related to that operation.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

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I am sorry my brother that there are people in this country who feel that it is fine to drop bombs and kill others in their country. We are supposed to be a nation that follows Christ but we are a nation of pagans who still follow the viking gods and worship money and power. I agree with you the women and children must be spared. I turn my back on my government. It does not represent me or my values. Our nation is to large to be a democracy. We never see our leaders personally and truely have no idea what they are doing in Washington where so much is done in secrecy. I send you my prayers for peace in your country. My the almighty shine on you and in your heart.
Peace,
George
Thank you very much my dear friend George Williston for your kindness and love with the humanity. You have very kind heart and nobel soul. I just want to solute you in gratitude. The people of Bajaur Agency will never forget your kindness and love. May God the Great give you all the happiness in this life and in the life hereafter if there is any. Women and children are really in pain as at the moment they are the victims of violence and acts of terrorism. Both the security forces and terrorists have been making women and children as their target. Please extend your support to all those who have been suffering due to the cruelities of rulers. Let us pray for a peaceful world where everyone will have the right to live with peace.
I also want my country's military to stop killing human beings in my name. I do not support or endorse violence in any form, and I work to end violence in all forms and to heal the suffering it has already caused. Like George, I am saddened when my country drops bombs and sprays bullets at anyone anywhere, particularly at the innocent civilians noted in Muhammad's post.

I also want to remain conscious that claiming that some religious labels are righteous and safe, while others are dangerous and evil. History and current events show that virtually all religions have inspired people to incredible acts of courageous kindness and compassion, and virtually all religions have excused depravity in others. When we say, "We are supposed to be a nation of ___ believers," we miss something important; no matter how you fill in the blank, someone somewhere has twisted the teachings of that faith to condone unspeakable violence.

We need simply to accept that all human beings are one family, sharing one tiny dot of a planet in a great big universe. Any labels that divide us into "us" and "them" are misleading, because we're all "us." We must make time and effort to listen to one another, to understand one another's experiences, to heal one another.

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