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| Clashes in Pakistan kill 60 near border |
| 2007-04-04 |
| DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Heavy fighting between Pakistani tribesmen and foreign militants allegedly linked to al-Qaida has killed 60 people near the Afghan border, security officials said Wednesday. Local tribes turned viciously against foreigners living in the lawless South Waziristan region on March 19. The government says the violence shows Pakistan is winning its fight against international terrorism. About 50 of those killed in the past 24 hours in the South Waziristan region were Uzbeks, three security officials told The Associated Press. About 10 local tribesmen and one Pakistani soldier also died, they said. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #3 My math has 250 killed out of 2,000. Decent attrition at 12.5% for a combat unit but very low for terrorists who required 100% fatalities. It's a good start but more prgress needed. We also need a few deaths on the tribal side as well. We need the Uzbeks to bomb a market or hit another respected tribal leader to keep this going. The 900 man Laskar will need a target after the Uzbeks are gone aka us. We need the Tribals degraded as well. |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2007-04-04 10:54 |
| #2 Who is providing the statistics? |
| Posted by: ed 2007-04-04 09:46 |
| #1 Man, the Uzbeks have been getting their asses handed to them. How have they survived this long, if there's only about a thousand of them, and they keep getting waxed by the locals at those sorts of exchange ratios? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2007-04-04 09:35 |