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| Taliban behead three US spies in North Waziristan |
| 2010-02-25 |
| [Dawn] Taliban militants have beheaded three men including two Afghans in Pakistan's lawless northwest tribal belt, accusing them of spying for the United States, officials said Wednesday. The headless bodies were found dumped by the roadside in the Mir Ali area of the tribal North Waziristan district, which borders Afghanistan, local police officer Muneer Zaman said. "Their throats were cut last night and the bodies were dumped early Wednesday," he told AFP from the region's main town Miramshah. A note placed near the bodies said the men were beheaded because "they were US spies - anybody found engaged in espionage will meet the same fate". A security official confirmed the killings, saying the beheaded Afghans were refugees while the local man was an ordinary Pakistani tribesman. Militants frequently kidnap and kill tribesmen, accusing them of spying for the Pakistani government or US forces in Afghanistan, where Taliban fighters are leading an insurgency. The latest killings come as the United States intensifies missile attacks by unmanned aircraft targeting mostly North Waziristan, a bastion of the Taliban and fighters linked to the Al-Qaeda network. Washington says the tribal regions, where Pakistani security forces are also battling militants, have become a safe haven for extremists. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 A note? Hey Muneer, you seem to be quite the pathologist/CSI. Were these refugees, ordinary tribesman, forced to write their own note? Extremist insurgents, where's your humanity? |
| Posted by: Last Breath Farm Resident 2010-02-25 20:04 |
| #3 Plastic mosque clocks....wish I could find mine. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-02-25 07:46 |
| #2 ..need to really change those ring tones to something like calls to prayer. |
| Posted by: Proocpius2k 2010-02-25 07:41 |
| #1 hmmm. my list showed 9 spies,including several in senior management. guess we better not tell ;) |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-02-25 02:31 |