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2008-01-09 India-Pakistan

Security forces on Tuesday resumed artillery fire on miscreants hideouts in the Matta and Kabal areas of Swat, as there were reports that rebel cleric Maulana Fazlullah may have been killed in the shelling.

A Daily Times Monitoring report quoted Geo News as saying that rumours about Fazlullahs death arose following the security forces shelling of rebel hideouts, but neither security officials nor Taliban leaders confirmed them.

Also on Tuesday, security forces targeted militant positions in Piochar and Ocharaee Sar in Swat. The troops also arrested a paramedic, Hilal Ahmad, on charges of providing first-aid to militants. Meanwhile, official sources told Daily Times that

More than 500 miscreants some of them close confidantes of Fazlullahs and would-be suicide bombers have been arrested by security forces since the launching of the operation.

more than 500 miscreants some of them close confidantes of Fazlullahs and would-be suicide bombers had been arrested by security forces since the launching of the operation in the valley. The sources said the detainees were being investigated at different locations and some of them had provided key information to interrogators.

Meanwhile, the government said its writ had been restored in 90 percent of Swat, adding that Kabal was on high alert following a suicide bombing on Sunday. Curfew was also in place in areas between Baryam Bridge and Venai on Tuesday.

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HILAL AHMED	TNSM
MAULANA FAZLULLAH	TNSM

Posted by Fred 2008-01-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
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#1 500 close confidantes?
What's it take to be a close confidante? A My Space Invite?

Posted by 3dc 2008-01-09 11:42|| 2008-01-09 11:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Fred this is the nugget(HILAL AHMED) they buried in this report....who needed a paramedic.

Posted by Chenter Unimp7361 2008-01-09 11:56|| 2008-01-09 11:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Mullah Fazlullah deadullah?

I should hope sollah.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2008-01-09 12:32|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2008-01-09 12:32|| Front Page Top

#4 "A Daily Times Monitoring report quoted Geo News as saying that rumours about Fazlullahs death arose following the security forces shelling of rebel hideouts, but neither security officials nor Taliban leaders confirmed them."

DT quoting somebody else, quoting a rumor? 48 hr rule applies.

Posted by Dopey Flotle8127 2008-01-09 12:39|| 2008-01-09 12:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Do we have a picture of him wearing his favorite towel? There's so many of them, I get em mixed up...

Posted by tu3031 2008-01-09 13:01|| 2008-01-09 13:01|| Front Page Top

#6 tu,
Pics of Maulana Fazlullah are hard to come by, IIRC I think I have a poor group pic of his with two others taken from a distance. still lookin.. Jamestown might have it..????

His pre-cleric name is Fazal Hayat. According to Rahimullah Yusufzai in the Daly Jang.

in fact the Jang has several good articles..

example: Maulana's brother was killed in air strikes by the CIA-operated pilotless predator on a madrasa in Bajaur Agency.

/I haven't tried Thugburg yet!!

Posted by RD">RD 2008-01-09 16:03|| 2008-01-09 16:03|| Front Page Top

#7 RD ....this was sent to me via email....its Fazullah....couretsy of NBC News who have it attached to a story of Fazullah surviving the attack overnite.

Posted by Chenter Unimp7361 2008-01-09 20:08|| 2008-01-09 20:08|| Front Page Top

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