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India-Pakistan
Pakistan tribesmen mark 'black day' for late Mullah Nazir
2013-01-06
[Dawn] PESHAWAR: Thousands of Pak rustics on Saturday protested the killing of warlord Mullah Nazir and hoisted black flags to mark his death, officials said.

The protesters also roundly condemned US drone strikes, and demanded Islamabad summon the US ambassador and lodge an official protest over the myrmidon commander's killing this week.

"All shops were closed in Wana, the headquarters of South Wazoo tribal district, and the rustics protested against the killing of warlord Mullah Nazir," Amir Nawaz, a local administration official, told AFP.

Nazir, killed late Wednesday in a US drone strike, was the main myrmidon leader in the tribal district of South Waziristan, where he plotted attacks on US and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
troops and reportedly sheltered al Qaeda operatives.

"More than 3,000 rustics, carrying black flags, later marched towards Azam Warsak, around seven kilometres (four miles) west of Wana and passed a resolution against the US," Nawaz said.

Another security official said the protester's resolution termed Nazir's killing as an effort to destroy peace in the region.

"Mullah Nazir was not a terrorist, he was a patriot Pak and was fighting a war for independence," the resolution said.

The statement added that Pakistain must protest against the killing and work to end drone strikes.

The rustics, belonging to Wazir and Sulemankhel tribes, also vowed to continue Nazir's mission, saying his killing would not bring an end to the conflict.

A close associate of Nazir and myrmidon commander who goes by the name Salahuddin Ayubi was appointed his successor on Friday.

Nazir had made a peace deal with Islamabad, which congratulated him for expelling Uzbeks from South Waziristan, but had testy relations with local Taliban forces.
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