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India-Pakistan
Three guerrillas killed in Kashmir gunfight
2008-01-15
Security forces gunned down three guerrillas of Lashkar-e-Taiba in a south Kashmir village Monday, the police said.

Troopers of 9 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) laid a cordon around Manzgam, 80 km from here in south Kashmir Kulgam district, after a tip off about the presence of militants there, said a police spokesman here. "While the troopers were busy searching the village, militants opened fire at the joint search parties of the RR and the police," the spokesman said. "The fire was returned, and in the sustained gunfight that ended late this (Monday) afternoon, all the three holed up militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit were killed," the spokesman told IANS. He said that two of the slain guerrillas were Pakistanis. Search operation in the area was still on as the police claimed to have recovered one AK-47 rifle the encounter site.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Some of my favorite memories are of "Army Day" at Ft. Campbell Kentucky, Dad was a Major (Army) then, and I remember getting to "Jump" (Tower like paratrooper training) and shooting a .30 machine gun (Tripod mount, blanks I'm sure) what a thrill, I thought of this when seeing the above picture of the kid next to the tripod mount gun, that kid could be me. (A bit older, but not much)
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2008-01-15 21:49  

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61st Cavalry Regiment of the Indian Army at Sunrise, Army Day Parade, Delhi.

Commandos of the Indian Army at Sunrise, Army Day Parade, Delhi
Posted by: john frum   2008-01-15 15:23  

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Kashmiri women grieve near their destroyed house after a gunbattle between a suspected militant and Indian soldiers in Ajas, some 54 kms north east of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 15 January 2008. Abu Kital alias, Hamza, a commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba was killed during a four hour long gunbattle with Indian soldiers this morning and the house in which he was hiding also got damaged in the gunbattle, police said.
Posted by: john frum   2008-01-15 15:06  

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Posted by: john frum   2008-01-15 14:51  

#2  Meanwhile....



A child looks at one of the weapons of the Indian army during a "Know your army" exhibition in the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati January 13, 2008. The exhibition was organised to attract more youths into the army.



An Indian army official from 'Trishakti' corps displays weapons to school children as part of Army Day celebrations at Sukana army cantonment on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri January 12, 2008



A contingent of the Indian Army mounted cavalry parades on Indian Army Day in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008.



T-72 tanks of the Indian army perform a mock combat drill on the first day of a three-day long "Know Your Army" exhibition at Rajkot, about 220 km (137 miles) west of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad January 8, 2008. The exhibition was organised to attract more youths into the army.


Posted by: john frum   2008-01-15 14:50  

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Indian Army soldiers and Indian policemen carry the body of a suspected militant Abu Qital, after a gunbattle in Ajas, some 52 Kilometers (33 miles) north east of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008.
Posted by: john frum   2008-01-15 14:47  

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