Geraldo reported (on FOX) about an hour ago that all 20 killed were foreigners. He's back in Afghanistan.
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http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=67385
ISLAMABAD, June 11 (Online): Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Shaukat Sultan has termed the reports on the heavy loss of life to armed forces and security forces during the operation against foreign militants in Wana as misleading and against the facts saying that the statistics being presented in this regard are incorrect.
He denied the news items that 50 army men and 18 Frontier Constabulary personnel were martyred during the operation on Wednesday.
Talking to Online Thursday he said that he could not tell details about the casualties occurred during the operation in clear terms, as it is part of our policy. However there is no truth in the reports of martyrdom of 68 personnel. The loss of life is five times less than these reports, he added.
Citing to Wana situation, he said that neither any untoward incident took place on Thursday in Wana nor the firing was going on. On the night between Wednesday and Thursday, firing was heard one or two times but situation remained calm and peaceful on Thursday, he pointed out. Eight jawans were martyred in Thursday firing while 25 terrorists were killed. Bodies of some of the terrorists have been recovered and taken into custody, he disclosed.
Some unknown persons lobbed missiles on Wana Scouts camp, Tayyara Zah army check post and Toorwam check post. It triggered exchange of firing between both sides, which lasted one hour. Light and heavy arms were used in cross firing. No report on loss of life could be ascertained immediately. Gunship helicopters made low flights in the area at 8 a.m.
On the other side Azad Tribal Mujahideen has accepted the responsibility of missile attack.
A leading member of Azad Tribal Mujahideen told Online Thursday that they had not started regular warfare against the government adding that what is going on is a sheer warning. It is better to die by fighting against the government rather than starving to death in economic blockade.
The reports are reaching on shifting of locals from Sub division Wana and surrounding areas to Tank or Dera Ismail Khan in quest for safer refuges.
A jirga held in the area of Azamwarsak among the Ahmadzai Wazir tribes decided that every nation would be responsible for its area. A retaliatory attack to attack of Mujahideen will be termed an offensive on the people of the area.
It was also decided that a penalty of Rs one million will be levied and houses will be demolished of those who are found involved in providing food and accommodation facilities to militants.
Govt to wipe out terrorists from Wana: Faisal
Government will use military force to wipe out terrorists from Wana provided the crisis is not settled through political channels, said Interior Minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat on Thursday.
Talking to journalists after inaugurating "National Seminar on Pollen Allergy in Islamabad" he said that government is not only going all out to clear tribal areas from foreign miscreants but also to clean the mess from the entire country.
"For this reason if government will need to apply all its available resources it will not turn its back in accomplishing the desire of making Pakistan a terrorists free country, we will not compromise on Pakistan's safety, stability and sovereignty" he added.
He said that at the time Senators and MNA's from FATA and Tribal Jirga are making all out efforts in improving the situation in Wana and other tribal areas. "We offered aliens an option to register themselves with the government but they failed to grab the opportunity," he maintained.
Reciprocating to a query he refuted the option of use of foreign force in Pakistan to clamp down on terrorists in Wana. "The situation in Pakistan is very different from that of Afghanistan and Iraq. We are a sovereign state and can't allow foreigners to carry out operations in Pakistan," he maintained.
Responding to a query about Karachi terrorist activities he said: "We have taken very important decisions for improving law and order situation in Karachi and these decisions will definitely eliminate terrorism and sectarianism from the city."
While referring to change in Sindh government he said that situation would improve in the province.