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Taliban declare guerrilla campaign in Pakistan
The Taliban hit back on Wednesday at claims that towns in their mountain bastion have fallen to Pakistan army control, vowing their guerrilla war would defeat troops waging a major assault.Tis but a flesh wound. The United States has welcomed Pakistan's offensive, which threw 30,000 troops into battle on October 17 on a mission to crush the network blamed for some of the country's deadliest recent bomb attacks. "We have not been defeated. We have voluntarily withdrawn into the mountains under a strategy that will trap the Pakistan army in the area," Wait til the Mighty Pak Winter! Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq told journalists taken blindfold to a mountain top. Say Makmoud, you're not using that jacket, are you? Posted by: ed 2009-11-18 |
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