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India-Pakistan
Jets bomb Taliban, 60 dead
2009-05-08
Jet fighters and helicopter gunships pounded Taliban hideouts and centres in various parts of Swat and Lower Dir on Thursday, killing 60 Taliban.

"We have carried out airstrikes today on known centres of militants killing around 60 [Taliban] in Swat and Lower Dir," chief military spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas told Daily Times by telephone from Islamabad.

Military sources said 12 Taliban were killed in Shamoozai area in Kabal tehsil of Swat and eight others in Malam Jaba. Fourteen Taliban were killed in Matta, Shahdheri and Kooza Cheena.

Taliban commander Ibne Aqil was also reported killed in counter-attack by the police when the Taliban attacked Matta police station, military sources said.

Nine soldiers: "In 24 hours, we lost nine soldiers and about 10 of them [were] injured," General Abbas told AFP. Seven of the soldiers were killed when Taliban ambushed a convoy at the entrance to Mingora.

Two soldiers were killed in the valley north of Matta," the military spokesman told the news agency.

In Lower Dir, district administration officials said the Taliban abducted 11 paramilitary troops after attacking the Malakand Levies Fort in Chakdara. They said three soldiers had been killed in the attack.

Security forces launched an offensive on April 26 to expel the Taliban from two of Swat's neighbouring districts, Lower Dir and Buner.

Security has deteriorated sharply in Swat as armed Taliban started patrol in the restive valley.

The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that a humanitarian crisis was escalating in the area, AFP reported. It said the government had made preparations for up to half a million displaced from Swat. The Taliban have claimed to control "more than 90 percent" of Swat, it said.
Posted by:Fred

#14  y'all are sweet darlings.

I had two progress meetings with bridge contractors and one deck-grade-elevation-shoot with another today. I don't think I heard those words or anything else similar, thx TW, heh
Posted by: Frank G   2009-05-08 20:32  

#13  Everyday a Wildcat, SteveS, Frank, y'all are sweet darlings. Querent, if it's lemon-poppy seed, homemade lemonade will go very nicely indeed. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-05-08 20:23  

#12  #12 Today they are Taliban. Tomorrow they will be dead defenseless civilians.
Posted by: Frank G   2009-05-08 20:09  

#11  Today they are Taliban. Tomorrow they will be defenseless civilians.
Posted by: Skunky Glins 5***   2009-05-08 20:07  

#10  Wake me when the Jets bomb the NFC East.

( Like Sanchez will make that happen )
Posted by: badanov   2009-05-08 19:00  

#9  just for that, lemon poppyseed cupcakes.
Posted by: Querent   2009-05-08 18:38  

#8  I think JUSTICE typed that with one hand....

just saying
Posted by: Frank G   2009-05-08 17:36  

#7  That round goes to TW. It is always a delight to see someone disemboweled in such a charming and refined fashion.
Posted by: SteveS   2009-05-08 16:37  

#6  Everyday a Wildcat(KSU), poor Mr. Justice has had a childish crush on me for several years. I don't recall if he's Saudi or Pakistani, but he seems to feel the need to visit Rantburg and post his revealing little fantasies after Friday services at the mosque. At one point he was dreaming about my armpit hair, some months later about my luxuriant moustaches. Perhaps he imagines in me what he lacks in himself? At any rate, he demonstrates quite clearly the outcomes of close-cousin marriage continued over the centuries, as well as the emotional damage wrought by certain overly traditional household set-ups.

I am quite puzzled as to why he would think the colour pink an insult, though. Perhaps it didn't translate well from his native idiom.
Posted by: trailing wife    2009-05-08 16:05  

#5  I'm not exactly sure how our beloved TW offended thee but dude - chill.

By being a female that feels free to speak.
Posted by: Mike N.   2009-05-08 15:56  

#4  YJ,
It would seem that TW might be correct about the lemonade - - it certainly seems to make YOU a sour puss.

I'm not exactly sure how our beloved TW offended thee but dude - chill.

P.S. Read the print just above Rantburg - - you know the part about civil, well reasoned discourse.
Posted by: Everyday a Wildcat(KSU)   2009-05-08 15:32  

#3  Yellow cake with chocolate frosting by any chance, Querent dear? Thank you, I'd be delighted! I'll make some iced tea to go with it -- lemonade is a bit much in contrast, I think.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-05-08 13:35  

#2  cupcakes, anyone?

(passing out the sweets... sauce for the gander?)
Posted by: Querent   2009-05-08 12:53  

#1  i don't know about anyone else but i would like too see some gun camera footage of all these kills the Pakis are claiming too be laying out on the taliban
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2009-05-08 11:00  

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