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| Pakistan: Carbomb blast wounds seven in northwest |
| 2009-02-07 |
| (AKI) - A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle packed with explosives at a checkpoint in Khyber Agency bordering Afghanistan, wounding seven people on Friday, an official said. The bombing took place in the town of Jamrud, through which trucks pass carrying supplies for Nato forces in Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the blast, which damaged other vehicles nearby. The spokesman threatened to sever the NATO supply route for good unless the Pakistan government halts military operations against the group. Traffic was suspended on the crucial road across the Khyber into Afghanistan on Tuesday after militants blew up a bridge near the near the Ali Masjid fort landmark. Militants have in the past few months stepped up attacks against NATO convoys in the Khyber Pass. A suicide attack in NWFP's troubled Swat district on Friday wounded at least thirteen members of Pakistan's security forces, reportedly leaving six in a critical condition. Before the bombing, three rockets were fired against a police station, Pakistan's Geo News reported. Geo News said periodic fire continued in Swat on Friday, which has this week seen fierce fighting between militants and security forces. Also on Friday, militants blew up a girls school in NWFP's Mardan district. No casualties were reported, Geo said. Militants on Thursday killed three women in Swat they accused of colluding with security forces, and kidnapped three men when they stormed a house in Dagai village, Dawn daily reported. A girls' primary school and a boy's high school were blown up in Matta and the house of a local policeman was set on fire in the Kala Kalley area of Kabah tehsil, Dawn said. All banks, courts and government offices remained closed in Swat despite the easing of a 12-day curfew. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 i believe you are under the misunderstanding that there are civilians. you need 'civil' to have civilians |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2009-02-07 13:45 |
| #1 Warn all the civilians and Pakistani forces out of the NWFP, and then level the place with wave after wave of attacks using every weapon the US owns, short of nukes. Totally destroy everything. If there's any repair work done, hit that area again. Keep it up until six months have passed with no human activity in the NWFP. Then let the civilians back in to rebuild, with our help. The Talibunnies will all be dead from starvation, if nothing else. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-02-07 13:15 |