h/t bill roggioMIRAMSHAH/PESHAWAR, Jan 22: A suicide bomber on Monday rammed his explosives-laden car into a military convoy near Mirali, North Waziristan Agency, killing four security personnel and a woman, and injuring 23, including 20 soldiers, officials and eyewitnesses said.
file under: proxie goes feral and bites Master
The incident occurred at the Khajori checkpoint, about two kilometres east of Mirali town, when a joint convoy of the army and paramilitary force was heading from the Bannu Garrison to Miramshah, the restive regionÂ’s administrative headquarters.
Mir ali Cantonment 15 clicks west of Bannu
A militant commander in the neighbouring South Waziristan Agency, Baitullah Mehsud, had vowed last week to avenge the Hamzola air strike in which over 10 people were killed and eight others wounded.
Vowed, Had. o dear, 0^0 possible revenge!
Witnesses said that three military vehicles and a passenger coach were also damaged in the first deadly attack since the government and Taliban-backed tribal insurgents signed a peace agreement on Sept 5, 2006. Army and paramilitary troops had vacated the Khajori checkpoint as per condition of the peace deal and it is now managed by members of the Khasaddar force.
members?
perhaps a proxie wrapped within another proxie
Militants in the North Waziristan promptly denounced the incident and claimed they were not involved in the attack.
CIVIL WAR!, *I called it first*!
A statement issued from the security office of the Taliban, North Waziristan, said: “We (Taliban) have no hand in the bomb attack and we want to keep the peace agreement intact and the government should also act upon the deal”.
It waz dem smelly goat stealing bastids from Bâzâr Ahmâd Khân
Local Taliban leaders, Hafiz Gul Bahadur and Mufti Saddiq Noor, immediately called a Shoora meeting in Miramshah to discuss the situation. MNA Maulvi Nek Zaman also joined the session later, the statement said.
Shoora; the gathering was serious, long breaking wind sounds were heard late into the night.
Tension gripped the town and security forces cordoned off the entire area. The Bannu-Miramshah road was blocked for several hours, but no arrest was made.
Of course not all the combatant perps were at the Shoora exchanging
