Good News on the Horizon!!!
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081202/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwest_081202190037
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Troops killed at least six militants while one soldier died Tuesday in Pakistan's restive northwest, the military said, where the country is waging a bloody offensive against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
They died during a two-hour shootout involving Pakistani helicopter gunships, which started when militants ambushed a security forces convoy in the Kabal area of Swat valley, a military statement said.
"Security forces pounded miscreants' (militants') hideouts in Kabal area. Five militants were killed and another two injured," the statement said.
One militant and one soldier also died in exchange of fire, it said.
The mountainous, snow-capped Swat region is renowned for its ancient Buddhist relics and once attracted large numbers of foreign and local tourists with Pakistan's only ski resort.
But since last year it has been beset by violence blamed on pro-Taliban militants and the army has launched a major offensive on the area in response.
On Monday at least 10 people were killed and 50 injured after a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden car at a security checkpoint in the town of Mingora in the Swat valley.
The region has been turned into a battleground since radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah, who has links to Pakistan's Taliban, launched a violent campaign for the introduction of Islamic Sharia law in the valley.
Maybe Pakistan's new Prime Minister means business, I hope so.
They died during a two-hour shootout involving Pakistani helicopter gunships, which started when militants ambushed a security forces convoy in the Kabal area of Swat valley, a military statement said.
"Security forces pounded miscreants' (militants') hideouts in Kabal area. Five militants were killed and another two injured," the statement said.
One militant and one soldier also died in exchange of fire, it said.
The mountainous, snow-capped Swat region is renowned for its ancient Buddhist relics and once attracted large numbers of foreign and local tourists with Pakistan's only ski resort.
But since last year it has been beset by violence blamed on pro-Taliban militants and the army has launched a major offensive on the area in response.
On Monday at least 10 people were killed and 50 injured after a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden car at a security checkpoint in the town of Mingora in the Swat valley.
The region has been turned into a battleground since radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah, who has links to Pakistan's Taliban, launched a violent campaign for the introduction of Islamic Sharia law in the valley.
Maybe Pakistan's new Prime Minister means business, I hope so.
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Katanajon
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Taking care of their own problem. Don't want Kilroy going to the local brothels.
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