Posted on 08/31/2009 6:18:25 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
The bodies of 30 suspected militants have been found in Pakistan's Swat valley, local people say.
The bodies all have gunshot wounds and local residents say they are believed to be of militants from Bajnot and other areas near the town of Mingora.
Corpses began appearing several weeks ago and more than 150 have been found in the region over the past month.
Security forces deny carrying out extra-judicial killings as part of their anti-Taliban offensive.
An army spokesman in Mingora told the BBC that the men were killed in army operation that has been going on in the Charbagh region for the past three days.
Some local residents, however, say bodies are discovered whenever there is an attack against the army or the police.
On Sunday, at least 14 police recruits were killed in a suicide attack in Mingora.
Disguised as a recruit, the suspected bomber walked into a police base where the cadets were being trained.
The attack was the deadliest in the area since the recent Pakistani army offensive there which officials said had driven out Taliban militants.
'Blindfolded'
Last week, 22 bodies were found on the outskirts of Mingora.
Witnesses said most of the victims had been shot, some several times. They were blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs, and dumped in fields or alleys.
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“The bodies of 30 suspected militants have been found in Pakistan’s Swat valley...”
I consider that to be a decent start. Hopefully, we’ll start seeing a lot of zero’s behind the number of 3.
300...3000...the higher, the better.
No wonder the CIA is being taken to the woodshed.
The begged for panties on the head but got shot anyway
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