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| Top Swat Taliban commander killed: Pakistan army |
| 2009-10-07 |
| Pakistan's army Wednesday said it had killed a top aide of fugitive Taliban commander Maulana Fazlullah, as they continued their hunt for militant chieftains in the northwest Swat valley. Nisar Ahmed, also known as Ghazi Baba, one of 15 Swat insurgents commanding a 10 million rupee (120,000 dollar) bounty offered by authorities in May, was killed in a clash outside the valley's main town on Wednesday, the army said. "After a tip from an informant, the forces surrounded the house of Nisar Ahmed to arrest him but he resisted and started firing on troops," said Major Mushtaq Khan, a spokesman for the army-run Swat Media Centre. "During the retaliatory fire, Nisar Ahmed was killed and his son was arrested," he told AFP, adding that no soldiers were injured in the exchange. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #5 I emember a very old gangster movie, where the holed up thug yelled "You'll never Take me alive", and the cop yelled back "Fine by me". |
| Posted by: Redneck jim 2009-10-07 17:35 |
| #4 "You'll never take me alive, coppers!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-10-07 16:22 |
| #3 Hmmmmm... Have the Pakistanis taken a page from the Bangladesh's RAB in dealing with the Taliban? At least the Pakistanis captured a "cohort", even if it was the son of the "accused". |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-10-07 13:34 |
| #2 For those captured alive, how about a catch-and-release program? Before releasing, surgically insert a GPS and capsule of fatal toxin. If the guy strays off the reservation, the toxin is released. It seems like it would be a strong incentive to stay out of mischef. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-10-07 13:01 |
| #1 That's the way to do it! Wanted Dead or Alive. |
| Posted by: Most Wanted Hoes 2009-10-07 11:31 |