At least 13 militants were killed in a clash with security forces following arrest of five burqa-clad Arabs, one Afghan national and a local man in Mohmand Agency on Tuesday. Four of the five Arabs are Saudi nationals -- Ahmed, Ali, Mohammad and Obaidullah -- and one Libyan national, Abdullah. | I realize I'm ignorant about that part of the world, but I've never heard of a Saudi who wasn't at least bin Daddy. Could it be that the arresting authorities took the information from their fake Pakistani passports? |
When troops were taking the detained men to Ghalanai, about 60 militants attacked them in an area between Ziyari Kando and Nasapai. The clash continued for more than two hours, an official spokesman said.
Security forces shelled militants' positions from Ghalanai with mortars and cannons. Thirteen terrorists were killed and the others escaped. Two vehicles of militants were destroyed, the spokesman said. Security personnel brought the body of one militant to the Ghalanai FC camp; the other bodies were taken away by the attackers. The administration sealed all entry points to the tribal region and beefed up security to apprehend the fleeing militants. Troops also launched a search operation in Mian Mandi Bazaar.
The spokesman said the detained militants had been hiding in Kareer Qandaharo and Kung Khwayzai for several days and they had attacked the Khapakh post.
'They came to Pakistan via Afghanistan which is financing them,' he alleged.
| Afghanistan paid? Where would they get the money to hire fancy Saudi jihadis? |
| All marked 'Made in Pakistan", except the vehicle. |
