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India-Pakistan |
Grenadier killed in North Waziristan |
2006-04-16 |
Troops shot dead a militant who threw a grenade wounding at least two soldiers near Miranshah, the main town in a Pakistani tribal region close to the Afghan border, security officials said yesterday. The grenade attack took place as a military convoy approached the outskirts of Miranshah. Residents said they believed the explosion was caused by something more powerful than a grenade. “There was a huge explosion and then firing broke out. The market is being closed,” a witness said, adding that it was unclear what had caused the blast. Miranshah, in North Waziristan, has been the scene of fierce clashes between Pakistani forces and Al Qaeda-linked militants and local allies among the tribesmen in recent weeks. |
Posted by:Flelet Spavinter3070 |
#1 Good and evil A young captain laid down his life for his country in a recent operation in the badlands of the Frontier. When his mates lined up to pray behind his corpse, the presiding imam pronounced that the captain did not deserve a Muslim’s funeral prayer, namaz-e-janaza, for he was killed fighting the forces of good, on behalf of the forces of evil (“haq aur batil”). The best that could be done for the deceased was a prayer for deliverance (dua-e-maghfirat), the imam said. And so it was. |
Posted by: john 2006-04-16 13:26 |