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| Eight-day encounter at 15,000 feet ends in J&K, 14 dead |
| 2008-10-05 |
| An eight-day-long gunbattle between militants and troops in Kashmir ended on Friday, leaving 13 militants and one soldier dead. 'The gunfight occurred in Harmukh mountain range of Kangan in Ganderbal district on September 25 at an altitude of 15000 feet, where snowfall occurs almost on daily basis and ended on October 2. Major General S.S. Goudar, general officer commanding of the army’s elite counter-insurgency Kilo Force, said a group of heavily armed militants was spotted moving from Bandipora district towards Kangan. He said troops of the 10, Para regiment and 14th, 5th and 24th Rashtriya Rifles were moved on foot and by air to track them down. “Contact was established with the terrorists on September 25,” he said, adding that the “mopping operation is still on.” He said 11 AK-47/56 rifles, 27 magazines, 287 rounds of ammunition and two satellite phones were recovered from the possession of the slain terrorists. He said one soldier was also killed in the gunfight, considered one of the longest since armed violence started here in 1989. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #8 Probably not enough 'A' to make the FAE work well. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-10-05 19:27 |
| #7 Wonder if FAEs would be good to attack the caves. Seems like some turbojet airpower is needed. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-10-05 17:54 |
| #6 Those sat phones are probably a source of good intel, even without any phone numbers. Who, what, where, when and why were the phones obtained. A trail begins to appear. |
| Posted by: Lionel Jiger8451 2008-10-05 15:38 |
| #5 The air up there is rare........... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-10-05 14:38 |
| #4 Two satellite phones? Probably not as interesting as usual, if it's only the Army of the Pure at the other end. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-05 12:07 |
| #3 Well the Pakistanis have been particularly belligerent in general of late - it would fit, wouldn't it? |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-10-05 11:34 |
| #2 The Indian Army choppers can only carry 2-3 soldiers on each run. They've been making continuous sorties trying to airlift enough men to assault the caves and other hiding places. I suspect these jihadis may be Pak army SSG or NLI in mufti. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-10-05 08:28 |
| #1 cripes, at 15,000 ft dying might seem like a relief |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-10-05 08:15 |