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India-Pakistan
Militants threaten to kill tribal elders 'spying' for US
2006-08-27
WANA: Pro-Taliban militants in Pakistan warned on Saturday that they would behead around 30 tribal elders if "they continued spying for US forces in Afghanistan", said officials. "This is the last warning. They must stop spying for the Americans or we will behead them," read a letter distributed in the border town of Angoor Ada in South Waziristan, an official said. "We have done it in the past and we can do it in the future also," read the letter, which listed the names of several tribes, according to the official.

Several tribesmen have been shot dead or beheaded this year for allegedly spying for US-led forces in Afghanistan, or supporting Pakistan's campaign against Al Qaeda and other militants in the area. The warning came two weeks after militants shot dead a tribesman in Angoor Ada after accusing him of spying for US troops.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Any tribal elder worth his salt would turn that into a blood feud with the al Qaeda. Any outsiders arrive in the area, and you put the bag on them and they disappear. If anyone shows up looking for them, describe in bloody detail their horrible demise, leaving out the specifics of who was responsible.

Be sure to add some taboo elements, like, most of him was found cut into pieces, sewn inside the skin of a pig.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-08-27 14:10  

#3  Along the US border with Pakistan, Apostate? ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-08-27 09:19  

#2  Clear proof that the viper's nest is in Pakistan. About time to start building a border fence and planting minefields.
Posted by: Apostate   2006-08-27 02:53  

#1  Are they being accused of being wrong headed?
Posted by: Captain America   2006-08-27 01:52  

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