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| Shoot-on-sight order in Gilgit after heavy firing |
| 2010-08-27 |
| [Dawn] A shoot-on-sight order was issued after two rival groups resorted to heavy aerial firing soon after Iftar near Yadgar Chowk here on Wednesday, police said. Two people were gunned down in the same area on Tuesday. Sources said that paramilitary troops and police came to the area only after the shootout subsided. More than 70,000 bullets were fired. Three houses were burnt, but there were no casualties. Gilgit's assistant commissioner told Dawn that the situation eased after the administration called in Punjab Rangers and Northern Area scouts. Police sources said that no arrest had been made nor did they register any case. Incidents of firing were also reported from Nagaral, Kashrote, Majini Muhallah and some other parts of the region. Gilgit has seen a spree of target killings over the past four days. Four people were killed in two days. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 In the above cmnt, I neglected to mention der Pickelhauben (Spiked Helmet)..... whahaha. All cartoons involving Germans should include a Pickelhauben. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-27 22:23 |
| #7 One of my personal favorites was done by Hansi, the famous soldier, painter, and cartoonist from Colmar, France. It was of a German infantryman marching out of Framce following the armistice. Smiling broadly and puffing on a long Bavarian pipe, the old German had a huge French clock strapped to his back and various other pieces plunder from the Alcase hanging from his kit. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-27 22:18 |
| #6 German humour? Whahahaha.... There is none better. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-27 22:03 |
| #5 "Stearmans, Fokkers ???" Besoeker, that reminded me of the punchline to an old joke (it works better when you say it, with a German accent): "Ja, ja, das ist true - aber deese Fokkers vas Messerschmidts!" /bad, but funny, joke :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-08-27 21:23 |
| #4 More than 70,000 bullets were fired. Gilgit has seen a spree of target killings over the past four days. They must really lousy shots. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2010-08-27 08:35 |
| #3 "A shoot-on-sight order was issued" Can we get one at our southern border? If such an announcement were made with much Washington fanfare, it would stop illegal immigration, drug flow, and human slavery. There is much ado about slavery 150 years ago from Washington politicians and bureaucrats and various civil rights groups, but little about slavery coming in from Mexico. There seems to be little concern about muslim trafficking in slavery today. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-27 07:35 |
| #2 A shoot-on-sight order was issued after two rival groups resorted to heavy aerial firing Stearmans, Fokkers ??? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-27 04:29 |
| #1 "A shoot-on-sight order was issued" Can we get one at our southern border? Howzabout one in a certain mid-Atlantic area that will probably get me sinktrapped if I name it? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-08-27 00:11 |