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Indian Kashmir gunbattle enters seventh day
A gunbattle between Indian soldiers and a group of heavily-armed Islamic militants raged for a seventh day Wednesday, making it one of the longest battles in Kashmir in years, officials said.

The fighting erupted last Thursday in the Indian-administered Kashmir district of Poonch after soldiers and police, acting on a tip-off, carried out a search operation of a densely forested area. The battle has so far left four terrorists militants, two soldiers and a policeman dead and several security force members wounded.

The terrorists militants were using natural caves as hideouts, senior army officer Brig. Gurdeep Singh said. "We are carrying out a deliberate operation to wear out the terrorists and to ensure that the casualties among our own forces are avoided," he said.

Police say about eight to 10 terrorists militants are holed-up in the area.
Posted by: ryuge 2009-01-07
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