Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Pakistan Missile Kills 12 Taliban


Yes !!!! Jackpot!! The Pakistani military launched a missile attack on a Taliban hideout in NW Pakistan killing 12 Taliban. Now that is what I call good news.
Meanwhile, Pakistanis in the NW areas continued to protest the governments barrage on the Taliban - of course what the government is doing is an "attrocity" while the assassination of Bhutto was what? A mercy killing?
Hopefully, more missiles are locked and loaded.

Full story here.


Missile Kills 12 Militants in Pakistan
Jan 29 07:17 AM US/Eastern
By BASHIRULLAH KHAN
Associated Press Writer

MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - A missile destroyed a suspected militant hideout in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 12 people inside, officials said, as hundreds of students protested Pakistan's support for the U.S.-led war on terror.
In clashes elsewhere in the volatile region, militants killed a government soldier and injured four more.
The air attack occurred after midnight in Khushali Torikhel, a village in North Waziristan, a tribal region bordering Afghanistan, intelligence and government officials in the region said. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media

More than 500 people, including many high school and college students, rallied in Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan, to demand an end to Pakistan's military cooperation with the United States.
Protest leaders called on the government to end the fighting in the tribal regions, as demonstrators chanted "Death to America."
"The Pakistan army is committing atrocities," said Najib Ullah, a student protester. "They must stop
The intelligence official described the victims as "local Taliban."

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