PESHAWAR: The military arrested 10 suspected terrorists and found a large quantity of weapons in a raid on a seminary in North Waziristan Agency, a military statement said on Monday.
The weapons cache was found in a deserted compound which appeared to be a madrassa in Dandi Kuch, 11 kilometres northwest of Miranshah. It included grenades and machineguns, commando uniforms, as well as women’s clothes and wigs, the statement said. Seven suspects were arrested in the Mera Din area of the Shawal Valley and another three in other parts of North Waziristan close to the Afghan border, said the statement. The identity of those arrested could not immediately be established, the statement said, adding that they had been handed over to intelligence agencies for interrogation.
A military official, on condition of anonymity, told Daily Times that all the arrested suspects were aged between 18 and 25 years. “We don’t know yet if they are foreigners or not,” he said. The military statement said that the compound was being used as a terrorist den and security forces carried out the search on information by local residents. “The madrassa had been established in an unpopulated location and is an attempt by terrorists to use the cover of religious places for sabotage activities,” the military said.
A security official told Daily Times that terrorists, especially foreigners, were using women’s costumes to dodge security forces.
Online adds: Unidentified men blew up the main telephone line in Wana town on Monday, affecting almost 1,000 telephone lines in the restive South Waziristan Agency. However, the blast caused no casualties. Political administration officials said that saboteurs had planted a powerful bomb near the telephone exchange in Wana bazaar the other night which had disrupted the telecommunication link in the area.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_23-8-2005_pg1_4
Waziristan...Thanks Oorang.
commando
uniforms, as well as women’s clothes and wigs, the statement said.<<<<<<<
The new terrorist, dressed as a woman, homeless and hanging out at the subway entrance......wow.
The above jumped out at me in your article.
Now I know why the women's clothes jumped at me, about a year ago, there was something about OBL dressed as a woman.
Or did the Zaw. use them to escape?
Maybe the rest will come to me, but I have seen it in print, might have been us talking here?
The clipped part from your post:
" commando
uniforms, as well as women’s clothes and wigs, the statement said."