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Kashmir Korpse Kount
 SRINAGAR, India - Indian troops have shot dead five Islamic militants during a bloody clash sparked by a raid on rebel hideout in a village in revolt-hit Kashmir, an army spokesman said on Friday. The rebels were killed during a night-long gunbattle in Sonabari village near the southern health resort of Kokernag, he said. "The fighting erupted when soldiers raided a hideout on receiving a tip-off that militants were hiding there," he said.
| "And we'd like to say a big thank you to Mahmoud the Weasel," he added. |
The rebels, equipped with automatic rifles and grenades, had ignored calls to surrender.
"We ain't comin' out, and youse can't make us!"
"Oh yeah? Let'em have it, Mukkarjee!"
[Ka-BOOM]
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The village was under siege early Friday as the security forces searched for rebels who may have escaped from the hideout. "The firing has stopped but the cordon is on and searches are under way," the spokesman said.
Posted by: Steve White 2005-03-18 |
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