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| India-Pakistan |
| Musharraf: 300 Foreign Militants Killed |
| 2007-04-12 |
| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Thursday that tribesmen have killed about 300 foreign militants during a weekslong offensive near the Afghan border and acknowledged for first time that they received military support. The fighting that began last month in South Waziristan has targeted mainly Uzbek militants with links to al-Qaida who have sheltered in the tribal region since escaping the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. "The people of South Waziristan now have risen against the foreigners. They have killed about 300 of them, and they got support from the Pakistan army. They asked for support," Musharraf said in a speech at a military conference in Islamabad. "We are demanding the same in North Waziristan, and there are indications the same may happen there also," he said, referring to the adjoining border region in northwestern Pakistan. Musharraf's numbers were far higher than those given by Pakistani army officials to journalists on a trip to South Waziristan on Wednesday. They said that between 150 and 230 militants had died in the fighting, along with about 40 tribesmen. Previously army officials had denied any direct involvement in the fighting, although they said that troops had moved into positions vacated by the foreigners. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 Musharraf: 300 Foreign Militants Killed And the good news is? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-12 21:56 |
| #6 Some of the indigenous tribes, anymouse. Others are fighting with the Chechens, and no doubt still others are waiting for it all to blow over so they can get back to shooting RPGs at the Pakistani troops and starting new feuds. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-04-12 20:03 |
| #5 The good news is that one group (the indigenous tribes in the Wazoo) appear to have had enough and are killing off the Chechens and Uzebek terrorists. That's good news!! |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-04-12 19:13 |
| #4 I doubt that any single individual on the planet knows exactly what is going on in that region. It is extremely isolated and there are several different tribes each with their own agenda. Some group of tribesman could wipe out the occupants of some mountain hut and nobody would ever know the difference. I doubt al Qaeda even knows with 100% clarity what goes on in some of those tribal regions because not even the tribe next door knows fully what is going on with the next tribe over. You have to look at more absolute indicators. Where is the Osama video that was due out "real soon now"? Where is this huge Taliban spring offensive? |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2007-04-12 16:15 |
| #3 #1 Can anyone in 'Burg cite an example of Perv opening his mouth and not lying? Does asking the USA for coinage count? |
| Posted by: RD 2007-04-12 14:59 |
| #2 I'm thinkin'... I'm thinkin'... |
| Posted by: Fred 2007-04-12 12:12 |
| #1 Can anyone in 'Burg cite an example of Perv opening his mouth and not lying? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-04-12 08:02 |