Gunmen opened fire on a jeep carrying paramilitary soldiers in a remote tribal region in southwestern Pakistan, killing two soldiers and wounding two. The attack occurred on Friday near a checkpoint of the paramilitary Frontier Constabulary in Degari, a small town about 100km north of Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's southern Baluchistan province, regional police official Ghulam Hussain said. Nobody claimed responsibility for the shooting and police said they were still investigating. Meanwhile, assailants threw a hand grenade on a police checkpoint in Quetta yesterday, wounding a police officer, said Deen Mohammed, a police official. He said the assailants fled after the attack and that an investigation was under way.
"Here's my plan, Mahmoud: We'll go after the al-Qaeda guys, and that'll keep the Merkins happy. And we'll help the Talibs, 'cuz that'll give us strategic depth."
"Right, chief. Ummmm... What's the diffo between the Talibs and Qaeda, chief?"
"The Talibs are on our side."
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