Thank you jet jaguar.
This is going to be sad if those children are used as shields and/or human bombs.
Pakistani commandos stormed a besieged mosque in Islamabad early this morning moments after negotiations between the country’s leaders and Islamic militants broke down.
Loud explosions and gunfire were heard as the troops entered the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in a dawn raid. About 20 of the children who had been held hostage inside the mosque by the rebel group led by Abdul Rashid Ghazi escaped as the military exchanged gunfire with the militants.
Major-General Waheed Arshad confirmed that some soldiers had been killed. It was not known how many of the estimated 60 militants holed up inside the mosque died. “This is the final assault,” he said. “We expect to clear the mosque and madrassa in the next few hours. Around 20 children managed to slip out and they are with the troops now.”
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2051853.ece