Posted on 12/07/2008 10:36:50 PM PST by neverdem
Pakistani troops seal off a Kashmir camp used by Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group suspected in the Mumbai terrorist attacks, local news accounts and witnesses say.
Reporting from New Delhi and Islamabad, Pakistan
Pakistani troops on Sunday reportedly raided a camp belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba or an affiliated group, in what would be the government's first strike at militants accused in the Mumbai attacks.
Details were sketchy, but local news accounts and witnesses said Pakistani security forces sealed off the camp near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. It was not known whether any militants were present.
Pakistan's government has been under heavy pressure from the United States and India to move against those believed responsible for the rampage by gunmen last month in Mumbai, India's commercial capital. It was unclear, though, whether Sunday's reported raid was mainly a symbolic slap or meant to be a genuine blow to the group's infrastructure. Most of Lashkar-e-Taiba's training centers are thought to be in Pakistan's tribal areas along the Afghan border.
It had been thought that any Pakistani government action against the militants would probably take place before today's start of the major Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice.
Pakistan's civilian leadership, mindful of religious sensitivities, is worried about a backlash from insurgents and their sympathizers if it carries out major raids or high-profile arrests during the holiday. Eid al-Adha formally lasts three days, but will basically shut down the country -- and much of the Muslim world -- this week.
Accounts said the Pakistani operation took place in the Shawai district, a mountainous area outside Muzaffarabad. A resident, Nisar Ali, told the Reuters news agency that the military closed off the area and that explosions could be heard.
Pakistan's military had no immediate comment on the reported raid, which came...
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It’s there. I pulled it up
Forget raids. Napalm the place and forget about it.
Let the word get out on the street that this will be SOP from now on. If you’re going to hang with terrorists, be prepared to have fire come down from the sky.
Once they have hit the "militants" (sic), when do they actually start in on the TERRORISTS??
My feeling is that this was for show ... a sop to India.
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Exactly. Enough advance information to let the big-wigs get away, its usually the idiots that they purge in this manner. We will believe them when the handover the list of terrorists to India.
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Would NEVER happen if the Messiah was prez - you have to be a heck of a lot more lefty-senz than that...
Beautiful!
Thanks, but I can’t find it. I couldn’t find the link to email the article. I’m using Internet Explorer 6.0. I wonder if that has something to do with it. The LA Times looks alien to me.
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I wonder how much notice the “militants” had to clear the area.
All they needed. Or else they were warned to have lunch ready when their ISI brothers showed up for the “raid”.
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