Posted on 08/23/2004 4:21:26 PM PDT by Dog
AL QAEDA MILITANTS KILLED
Pakistani security forces have killed four al Qaeda-linked Uzbek militants in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials have said.
Another foreigner and a Pakistani were also captured in the raid on a hideout near North Waziristan's capital town of Miranshah.
The operation coincided with a big assault on the other side of the border by US helicopter gunships and hundreds of Afghan and US-led troops.
A government official said the men were thought to have been among a large group of militants pursued by the military since March in neighbouring South Waziristan.
Hundreds of foreign militants, including Arabs, Chechens and Uzbeks linked to al Qaeda and their tribal allies are thought to be hiding in South Waziristan.
Pakistani operations against the militants since March have killed more than 200 people.
The latest operations coincided with a visit to Pakistan by Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
He is expected to urge Pakistan to step up operations against militants in the border region ahead of his October 9 bid for re-election.
Pakistan says it has detained dozens of militants since the capture last month of an alleged al Qaeda computer expert, Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan.
The arrest allegedly revealed vital intelligence about al Qaeda operatives and plans for attacks on British and US targets.
Boot as I was saying ......Miran Shah is the key..
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I keep forgeting to ping you guys..
....NEXT!!
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You know, if I was the real sensitive type, I might have hurt feelings....... ;~ )
GO MUSHIE & CO!
The Pakis seem to be doing great, smoking them out, hunting them down.
Thanks, but if you check our thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1155685/posts?page=841#841 you can see that this info was posted about 6 hours ago. ;-)
Adm what is interesting about this raid....is the location alot of things are happening around Miran Shah..
Thanks. Check post 842 for details on the raid.
Please tell me anything about Al Qaeda.
Thanks
In my opinion, the differences you and I have over the importance of Miram Shah are mouse nuts (very small and unimportant, except to a mouse)! I take it that you view Miram Shah's importance as that of a hub to a wheel. I view Miram Shah's importance only as a serendipitous co-location of a regional center close to a large and strategically important mountainous terrain inhabited by fierce tribal leaders.
Given the history of extremism and terrorism in this general neck of the woods (meaning both sides of the border), I would attach more importance to the proximity of Khowst, than I would to Miram Shah.
But all of those arguments may be neither here nor there, if your hunch proves out.
--Boot Hill
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