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India-Pakistan
Pakistan troops kill 50 to 60 militants
2007-10-30
Pakistani troops have killed between 50-60 Islamist militants during fierce fighting in the restive northwestern Swat valley, the army says. "The reports which I have from the police and Frontier Corps people who were doing this law enforcement action was about 50-60 militants died yesterday," Army spokesman Major-General Waheed Arshad said.

Swat, a scenic valley close to Pakistan's lawless tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, has seen a surge in militant activity since Maulana Fazlullah, a pro-Taliban cleric, reportedly launched an illegal FM radio station and urged a jihad, or Muslim holy war.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Why dont they find and destroy Maulana Fazlullah's illegal FM radio station? there are direction finder gadgets to find a transmitter...

Shoot jam the freq with music... the unislamic-ness of the possibility of dancing should make Fazlullah shut down the whole enterprise.
Posted by: Abu do you love   2007-10-30 15:45  

#3  Or the militants' own bullets came straight down again. Or 50-60 of the thousands of randomly fired bullets shot off by both sides actually hit some of the bad guys. Or it's really ten, because the person responsible for counting isn't terribly good at it, or someone has an ego need to match NATO numbers in Afghanistan. I've no idea how one would tell from this distance.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-10-30 15:23  

#2  or someone finally tought one of these4 idiots how too aim. you would think after all the years of fighting the russians indians and anyone else around that they would learn ! too aim @ quit shooting straight up in the air they have too come down sometime
Posted by: sinse   2007-10-30 12:48  

#1  Frontier Corps reports firing 50-60 bullets instead of surrendering immediately, so the assumption must be that they killed 50-60 militants.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-10-30 07:04  

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