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"Pakistanis Raid Suspected al-Qaida Hideout"
AP ^ | March 5, 2005 | Pazir Gul
Posted on 03/05/2005 6:28:33 AM PST by billorites
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The troops also seized a large number of weapons in the raid near Miran Shah, the main town in northwest Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, said Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan."
Pakistani security officials have said hundreds of foreign militants — Arabs, Afghans and Central Asians — with suspected al-Qaida links are believed to be hiding in North and South Waziristan.
Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in the war on terror, has deployed about 70,000 troops in the country's tribal regions to flush out terror suspects. The army in recent months has killed and arrested hundreds of militants in North and South Waziristan."