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Pakistani tribals launch operation against al-Qaeda
Thousands of tribesmen on Saturday launched an operation to capture al-Qaeda suspects in theSouth Waziristan Agency, Pakistanâs remote western tribal region bordering Afghanistan, a senior security official said. Mehmood Shah, security chief of the tribal area, said that the troops will extend all help to the tribal army Lashkar if the al-Qaeda men and their local supporters preferred to fighting with it. He added the Lashkar is the final option with the tribesmen and a military operation will follow if the Lashkar fails to achieve the result. Witnesses said that thousands of armed tribesmen of the Ahmedzai tribe traveled in about 300 vehicles to search the border areas.Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-06-06 |
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