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| Pakistani troops destroy al-Qaida training grounds | |
| 2006-10-30 | |
Pakistani troops, backed by missile-firing helicopters, destroyed an al-Qaida-linked training facility in a northwestern tribal area near the Afghan border Monday, killing "many" operatives, officials said. The pre-dawn attack targeted a madrassa compound holding "70-80" operatives in a village near the town of Khar, the main town in the Bajur tribal district, said army spokesman Maj.-Gen. Shaukat Sultan. Sultan said the facility was destroyed but it was not immediately clear how many people had been killed.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Reminds me of those photo-op stories from China with bulldozers crushing pirated CDs. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2006-10-30 13:01 |
| #3 Who cares who gets the credit, as long as the job gets done. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-10-30 10:42 |
| #2 My money is on a US attack. The Pak military is probably just claiming this as their strike to deflect criticism of Perv from anti-US factions. |
| Posted by: john 2006-10-30 05:45 |
| #1 (From the other article) The pre-dawn attack targeted a religious school — known as a madrassa — holding 70-80 militants in Chingai village Let's hope they got all of the Chingaideros. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-30 04:00 |