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India-Pakistan
Pakistan commandos dropped into Taliban stronghold
2009-05-12
MARDAN, Pakistan (AP) - Helicopters dropped Pakistani commandos into a Taliban stronghold in the Swat Valley on Tuesday, pressing ahead with an offensive the army said had killed more than 750 militants and driven around 800,000 people from their homes. Despite claims of success in an operation that began after heavy U.S. pressure, the army said it had yet to start operations in the region's main town of Swat, where witnesses say Taliban insurgents are in control and preparing for what could be bloody door-to-door fighting.

Choppers placed troops on "search and destroy" missions in the remote Piochar area in the upper reaches of the Swat Valley, army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said. Officials have identified Piochar as the rear-base of an estimated 4,000 Taliban militants. It is seen as a possible hiding place of Swat Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah.

Farther south, a suspected U.S. missile attack flattened a house and killed at least eight people in another militant bastion near the Afghan border. The missile strike destroyed a house in Sara Khora, a village in the South Waziristan tribal region, Pakistani security officials said.

Initial intelligence reports said eight people died. Agents on the ground were still trying to discover the identities of the victims. Yar Mohammad, a resident of the area, told The Associated Press by telephone that he had seen Taliban militants removing bodies from the building and taking them away in vehicles.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  Are you sure he's dead, Ming? He looks like he's actively -- and uncomfortably -- involved in holdding that position. But I could be wrong, I've only ever seen one dead person, who died comfortably in his own bed... and a variety of small pets, who never looked anything like the gentleman in question.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-05-12 23:06  

#8  To access internet archive sites, you
need to remember the exact site name...

However, despite widespread muslim censorship,
you still occasionally get good shot of these
dead rats of allah-satan:

Hosted by imgur.com

Posted by: Ming the Merciless   2009-05-12 21:55  

#7  ...he had seen Taliban militants removing bodies from the building and taking them away in vehicles. = future dead civilians in the next suspected or alleged U.S. missile attack.
Posted by: Willy   2009-05-12 21:39  

#6  Surely it would be available somewhere on the internet, Ming the Merciless?
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-05-12 21:19  

#5  Sure missing the Indian Army page "Army in Cashmir"
wich had pictures of their daily score of
'slimes terr trophy kills.

'Twas a daily read, so soothing...until some
PC asshole pulled the pages...
Posted by: Ming the Merciless   2009-05-12 20:32  

#4  pak army will not let reporters in war zone. this is what i have been saying for at least 3 days there is no vids or pics of dead taliban seems too be alot of bullshit too me
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2009-05-12 17:59  

#3  Embedding with Pak troops, even their Special Ops, would require more stones than any sane individual should have.
Posted by: tipover   2009-05-12 17:46  

#2  "For it's YAR! YAR! YAR!..."
Posted by: mojo   2009-05-12 17:43  

#1  Does anybody believe this? How about getting some reporters embedded with the Pak troops?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2009-05-12 16:19  

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