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More info and Graphic of the Red Mosque Battle
 THE RED MOSQUE SIEGE 1 Special forces attack compound from three sides and breach mosque walls 2 Fierce fighting between military and militants on mosque roof 3 Military take control of mosque and clear building 4 Militants fire from mosque minarets as action switches to madrassa 5 Remaining militants holed up in its basement, with women and children President Pervez Musharraf says he is determined that extremism and terrorism will be eradicated in Pakistan. He was speaking in a televised address to the nation after officials said 75 bodies had been found at the radical Red Mosque in Islamabad. The mosque's school suffered the most battle damage. President Pervez Musharraf says he is determined that extremism and terrorism will be eradicated in Pakistan. Gen Musharraf praised Pakistan's security forces for freeing the Red Mosque in Islamabad "from the hands of terrorists". "Unfortunately we have been up against our own people... they had strayed from the right path and become susceptible to terrorism." "What do we as a nation want?" President Musharraf asked. "What kind of Islam do these people represent?" "In the garb of Islamic teaching they have been training for terrorism... they prepared the madrassa as a fortress for war and housed other terrorists in there. "I will not allow any madrassa to be used for extremism. Posted by: Sherry 2007-07-12 |
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