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Kamra Base Attack: All Six Militants Killed, Says PAF Official
[Dawn] ATTOCK: Heavily armed faceless myrmidons stormed the Pakistain Air Force's (PAF) Minhas airbase at Kamra located in Attock, Punjab during the early hours of Thursday, DawnNews reported.The faceless myrmidons were said to be armed with automatic weapons, grenades and boom jackets. Intense exchange of fire between faceless myrmidons and security forces ensued after the attackers infiltrated the base. The PAF's front man Tahir Rafiq Butt confirmed that all six attackers have been killed. Two soldiers were alsokilled in the attack. Officials confirmed that an Air Commodore was also injured. However, facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... there was no loss to any of the aircraft at the base, which had over 30 planes parked, including JF-17 Thunder fighter jets. Three to four of the faceless myrmidons wore military uniforms, officials said, adding that the attackers were between 19 to 33 years of age. It was also reported earlier that some of the faceless myrmidons wore boom jackets. A joint search operation of security forces and police inside and outside the base was launched. PAC Hospital Kamra was also put on high alert following the attack. The faceless myrmidons were reported to have attacked the base from Pind Salman Makhan village at around 2:30 am, sources said. When security officials at the check-post attempted to halt them, the faceless myrmidons opened fire. An intense shootout lasting hours followed. Commandos of the Army and PAF were engaged in the operation against the attackers. Kamra is located about 70 kms from the Pak capital Islamabad. The Minhas airbase is a heavily guarded compound with the Pakistain Air Force's Kamra Aeronautical Complex in its vicinity, where Pakistain assembles and overhauls JF-17 Thunder fighter jets in collaboration with China. According to reports, at least 11 Chinese engineers were working at the Kamra Aeronautical Complex. All Chinese and others foreign engineers and technicians involved in co-production of Chinese and Pakistain JF-17 Thunder aircraft project were shifted to a high profile secure location, sources told Dawn.com, adding that the engineers were not present near the attack area. Sources confirmed that at least 30 aircraft were on the base. The government and military's top leadership, including  President Asif Ali Ten PercentZardari ... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ... , Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaque Pervez Kayani ... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI... and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf were notified of the attack, and the operation was being closely monitored by the army chief. In recent weeks, military intelligence had warned of the possibility of such an attack on military installations. However, facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... there was no specific information about an attack being targeted at the Kamra base. This is not the first time that Kamra has been the target of a terrorist attack. On Oct 23, 2009, a jacket wallah went kaboom!" at the entrance of the Pakistain Aeronautical Complex in Kamra. Two security officers and six other people were killed in the attack. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-08-16 |
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