Orakzai Agency... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers...
on Friday, officials said.
They said that fresh festivities erupted between gun-hung tough guys and tribal lashkar in Neka Ziarat area of central Kurram. Both sides used heavy weapons and the fire exchange continued for long time. As a result, seven gun-hung tough guys were killed and nine others maimed. Seven volunteers also sustained injuries, the officials said.
The corpse count reached 15 during the last five days, as the military operation continued in different areas of central Kurram for the last three weeks. The security forces had claimed that over 50 per cent areas were cleared of the gun-hung tough guys and search operation was going on in rest of the region.
The officials said that so far 65 gun-hung tough guys had been killed and several hideouts, training centres and tunnels were destroyed in the ongoing operation.
| Tunnels? They've got Palestinians there? Would the destruction show up on Google Earth, as so many terrorist training camps apparently do? |
They said that the gun-hung tough guys attacked an outpost in the area and in security forces` retaliation six gun-hung tough guys were killed and two others maimed. One soldier identified as Omar also suffered injuries and was shifted to hospital in Kalaya, they said.
After the clash the security forces conducted a search operation and recovered heavy weapons and ammunition, the officials said.
Meanwhile,
...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for...
two houses were partially damaged when gun-hung tough guys fired two mortars from mountains of Darra Adamkhel at the residential area of Jammu in the Frontier Region of Kohat on Friday, officials said.
They said that the tribal lashkar of Jawaki engaged gun-hung tough guys near Paya tribal area where intense gunbattle took place. But nobody was hurt in the fighting and the gun-hung tough guys beat feet, the sources said.
One of the mortars hit the roof of a house while the other hit gate of another house. However,
Houston lies southeast of Dallas...
no loss of life was reported.
The officials said that in both the incidents serious damage was caused to the property inside the houses.
Officials of the political administration said that the gun-hung tough guys had increased IED attacks and rocket fires at the FR villages of Jammu, Paya, and Jawaki located on Kohat district side after their expulsion from the nearby Darra Adamkhel town.
Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase...
senior military and Fata officials claimed that the reports about the death of Tariq Afridi, TTP amir of Darra Adamkhel, were correct and he had died when jets pounded Eidgah area in Orakzai Agency on the evening of May 31, 2011.
In response, the Tariq Afridi group had announced to release his video within a week to prove the claims of his killing wrong, sources said.