Pakistani Military Has Surrounded Uzbek Base In South Waziristan, Let The Massacre Begin

All I can say is hopefully, by morning we will see a layer of Uzbek blood and guts coating the soil of Kaniguram, South Waziristan, Pakistan.

From DAWN:

Troops surround ‘Uzbek base’ in S. Waziristan

ISLAMABAD: Security forces have surrounded Kaniguram, an important base of Uzbek militants in South Waziristan, from three directions and preparing to storm the town.
Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira and Armed Forces Spokesman Maj-Gen Athar Abbas told newsmen on Wednesday that important fronts around the town had been secured.
Gen Abbas said security forces had also achieved substantial successes on two other fronts. He said good progress had been made on the Jandola-Saroragha axis and important heights had been secured in Nawazkot area on the Razmak-Makeen axis.
On the Jandola-Sararogha front, he said, troops were making good progress and securing heights along the main Kotkai-Sararogha road, overlooking the town of Sararogha. Troops secured the important the Nullah road junction, 2km north of Ganrakas and the important point 1233 west of the Kotkai-Sararogha road. Besides, Inzar Kalay has been cleared.
Three training complexes have been destroyed in Murghabund and 25 centres and nine caves Kotkai.
On the Shakai-Kaniguram axis, the military spokesman said, the important front of Karwan Manza about 2km east of Kaniguram had been secured. It dominates Kaniguram from the east and overlooks the town of Karama towards southeast on the Kaniguram-Kotkai road.
Karama is a stronghold and training centre of foreign terrorists.
On the Razmak-Makeen axis, security forces are consolidating their positions at Shaga, point 6813 Tip-Ghar Top, Lagar Narai and Sharakai Sar and carrying out a search operation in Nawazkot area. During clearance operations, 15 bunkers and Sanghars have been destroyed, along with 37 rockets.
Gen Abbas said 25 militants were killed in South Waziristan and huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized on Tuesday and Wednesday. He said five soldiers suffered injuries.
He rejected a perception that the Taliban had made tactical withdrawal from Kotkai in order to launch another assault and said that the Taliban leadership was on the run.
‘Let us look at the present, the future will take care of itself,’ he remarked.
Answering a question, he said the exact whereabouts of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mehsud were not known, but there were indications that Qari Hussain and Waliur Rahman were still in the area. About TTP Swat chief Fazlullah, he said the noose around him was being tightened.
Responding to another question, he said the US-led Nato forces had readjusted some of their security posts near the border with Pakistan. However, he said Pakistan was still awaiting details it had sought about the relocation of the posts.
He said the operation enjoyed public support as well as backing of tribes. Militants were fleeing to North Waziristan. He appealed to the people of the agency to brace themselves up to deal with the situation.
Asked if the army still had reservations over the controversial Kerry-Lugar bill, he said the army had expressed its opinion in a press release issued after the meeting of corps commanders. He pointed out that the release had stressed that it was for parliament to decide the fate of the bill.
Gen Abbas said there were reports that militants were preparing 12 to 13 years old children for suicide attacks.
Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira condemned the Peshawar blast said it was a clear indication that militants who were facing defeat were targeting innocent civilians out of frustration. ‘What sort of jihad is this? What religion are they preaching?’
He said militants were getting financial and material support through the Afghan route. He said they were also getting their share from the Afghan drug money.