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| Hizb confirms death of 14 terrorists in Jammu-Kashmir raid |
| 2005-05-05 |
| Hizb confirms death of 14 militants in Bandipore Hizbul Mujahideen today confirmed the death of fourteen of its militants in the 50-hour-long gunbattle at Lawaypora in Bandipore area of Baramulla district. Meanwhile, three more militants, three civilians and a soldier have died in different incidents of violence in Kashmir valley since last evening whereas four civilians have been left wounded in a grenade blast in Sopore town. Hizbul Mujahideen spokesman Junaid-ul-Islam told the local newsagency KNS this evening over telephone that fourteen Kashmiri militants of his organisation got killed in Army's operation at Lawaypora in Bandipore area. He said that the slain militants included a number of "battalion commanders" and "company commanders" of the organisation. According to him, the militants were in a meeting when Army swooped on the village and a fierce gunbattle was triggered off. He said that Hizbul Mujahideen's "Chief Operational Commander" Gazi Misbah-ud-din paid rich tributes to the slain militants and called upon the Imams of mosques to pray for the 'martyrs' and observe May 6th as 'yaum-e-shuhada-e-Bandipora'. |
| Posted by:john |
| #5 We are dizzy with success. |
| Posted by: allah 2005-05-05 19:53 |
| #4 wow - busy string of successes for the Religion of Peace™ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-05 19:20 |
| #3 Blast at Kashmir Hindu wedding kills 2, wounds 17 05 May 2005 09:15:47 GMT Source: Reuters JAMMU, India, May 5 (Reuters) - Two teenage girls were killed and 17 people were wounded in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir when a bomb planted by Muslim terrorists went off at a Hindu wedding, police said on Thursday. |
| Posted by: john 2005-05-05 17:40 |
| #2 6 houses destroyed, 4 bodies recovered 18 terrorists believed dead in Bandipore Sources said that the terrorists trapped and killed at Lawaypora were part of a 40-member strong group of the infiltrators who had managed to cross in from Lipa valley. Possibility of a bigger operation in search of other terrorists of the group was not ruled out by senior officials. |
| Posted by: john 2005-05-05 17:35 |
| #1 SRINAGAR, April 10: Two civilians died and 20 were injured when terrorists hurled a hand grenade at a security patrol. It missed the target and exploded among pedestrians in the southern township of Shopian, 50 kilometers from Srinagar, a police spokesman said. |
| Posted by: john 2005-05-05 17:33 |