http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/ts_nm/pakistan_usa_dc;_ylt=Agsrj0.9rL.cyg9XU3jEASCs0NUE
Oh? Trying for Baitullah Mehsud again, are we?
16 Jan 2007Pakistan Army helicopter gun-ships attacked a suspected militant hideout in South Waziristan, killing at least 20 militants. Helicopter gun-ships reportedly targeted a cluster of compounds at Salamt village in the Zamzola area, 30km to the east of Razmak in South Waziristan. Officials said that the compounds situated in a desolate area are completely destroyed, killing most of the people inside. "This used to be an Arab-dominated hideout… But as of now, we don't know whether any of them has been killed," one official said. Another official, citing intelligence reports, said some 25 militants had been killed and bodies of eight of them had been retrieved from underneath the rubble. Of the eight, five are stated to be Afghans and three locals from the Kikari Mehsud tribe inhabiting the Ludda sub-district of South Waziristan.
January 17 Top militant commander Baitullah Mehsud vowed to avenge the air strikes at Zamzola on January 16 in the next two weeks in his native South Waziristan which, in his words, would cause pain to Pakistan. However, he did not renounce his February 2005-peace agreement with the Government, but said that the military action in Zamzola had forced him to take action. "We will definitely avenge this action in 10 to 15 days," he told a foreign media organisation. He added: "And it (the action) would be such that it would pain their heart."
January 22 A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a military convoy near Mirali in North Waziristan, killing four security force (SF) personnel and a woman, and injuring 23 persons, including 20 soldiers. The incident occurred at the Khajori checkpoint, about two kilometers east of Mirali town, when a joint convoy of the army and paramilitary force is heading from the Bannu Garrison to Miranshah, administrative headquarters of North Waziristan.
A Frontier Corps soldier is killed and at least two others sustained injuries when helicopter gun-ships from the US-led coalition forces bombed a Pakistani border post in the remote Shawal area in North Waziristan. The Pakistan Government reportedly lodged a strong protest and asked the coalition forces to investigate the matter and take necessary measures that such incidents are not repeated. However, a US military spokesperson earlier said the incident occurred in Afghanistan. Colonel Paul Fitzpatrick in a statement said he cannot confirm or deny loss or injury of Pakistani military.