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Pakistani militants clash with bandits, 15 dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - At least 15 people were killed in a troubled Pakistani region bordering Afghanistan in a clash between Islamic militants and bandits, a government official said on Wednesday.

The bloodshed began on Tuesday when militants attacked bandits extorting money on a road near Miranshah, the main town of the North Waziristan region, said the official in the northwestern city of Peshawar, who declined to be identified.
Turf war over who gets control of the lucrative toll concession.
Ten bandits and five militants were killed in the gunbattle, which continued on Wednesday, he said.
Sounds like a win-win situation
The militants later hung up three dead bandits from electricity poles and chanted slogans while shooting in the air, a witness said. One of the corpses hung from the electricity poles had been decapitated, a resident said.

“The security situation there is fast deteriorating,” the government official said.
Don't you have to have security first in order for it to deteriorate?

Posted by: Steve 2005-12-07
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