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Militants deny involvement in recent Tank violence
A spokesman for militant leader Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan denied the groups involvement in recent attacks on law-enforcement agencies in Tank district. The denial from the militant group came a day after an attack on a police vehicle killed one policeman in Tank, a district adjoining South Waziristan. The spokesman, Zulfiqar Mehsud, called reporters over the telephone from an unknown location, and told them that the Baitullah Mehsud-led group had no link with any sort of violence in Tank. We condemn the recent violence in Tank district, he said. Only anti-state elements can be suspected of doing such things. The group previously vowed to avenge a January 16 airstrike on a suspected Al Qaeda hideout. Posted by: Fred 2007-01-28 |
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