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| India-Pakistan |
| Three jawans, 5 militants killed in encounter in J&K |
| 2008-08-22 |
| SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: A colonel and three army jawans were killed in a fierce encounter with suspected foreign militants which also left five ultras dead in Machil sector of northern Kashmir on Friday. "Five militants were killed in a fierce gunbattle in Machil sector of Kupwara district," an army spokesman said here. He said an officer of the rank of Colonel and two jawans were also killed in the encounter which raged till last reports came in. Col J J Joseph, commanding officer of the 45 Rastriya Rifles, was killed while leading the operations against a big group of foreign militants in the dense forests of Machil sector in Kupwara district. Joseph, in spite of the injury, directed his troops, but was later evacuated to Base Hospital in Srinagar where he succumbed to his injuries. Three other troopers were killed in the operation launched following specific inputs about a large group of terrorists hiding in the forest. Five militants were also killed in the encounter. Joseph is the highest ranking army official to have been killed in counter-insurgency operations in the last one year. Earlier, another colonel from Maratha Light Infantry was killed while leading his men in busting a militant hideout in Baramulla sector in the state. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #3 Que? |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2008-08-22 19:50 |
| #2 Rastriya Rifles = a specialized counterinsurgency unit. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2008-08-22 13:57 |
| #1 "Those blasts are too accurate for sandpeople." |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2008-08-22 12:18 |