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| India-Pakistan |
| Fighting intensifies in Swat, Shangla (names in passing for Thugburg) |
| 2007-11-18 |
| Mainly posted so Fred can reference, in Thugburg, the passing of the 2 perps. After four days of fighting upwards of 146 Taliban, Pakistani troops, and civilian have been reported killed and over 100 wounded. [..] Sirajuddin confirmed the Pakistani Army killed Commander Matiullah, a senior officer in Fazlullah's command, in an artillery strike. "His Second-in-Command Muhammad Ali was missing feared dead, [..] Fighting has been reported in "the mountainous areas of Yagorai, Dolat Kalay, Shalmano, Tander, Shahtoot, Mian Kalay, Pirabad and Bailay Baba areas," after the Pakistani Army targeted Taliban hideouts. The military appears to be relying on attack helicopters and artillery to root out the Taliban |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #3 Bill Roggio is blogging from there. With maps! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-11-18 18:22 |
| #2 I hope there's a strong back-up force along the Afghan-Pak border, shooting any armed men trying to cross it. I think we should also help Perv out by deploying a half-dozen armed Predators. I'd certainly love to hear tha Zawahiri and "mullah" Omar received a Hellfire, special delivery. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-11-18 15:21 |
| #1 The district by district takeovers in Pakistan seem to indicate that the Pakistani Taliban is pushing for a countrywide takeover a la their Afghan counterparts in Taliban-era Afghanistan. If so, I can understand why Musharraf is finally sending regular army units in place of the failed paramilitary forces that preceded them. I think the Pakistani Taliban are forgetting that the Afghan Taliban won only because Pakistani logistics and advisers were backing them up. Now that they're going up against the Pakistani government, Pakistani logistics and military men will be acting against them instead of in their favor. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2007-11-18 14:51 |