Posted on 07/14/2007 8:47:43 AM PDT by knighthawk
Text of report by Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency
Peshawar, 14 July: A suicide attack has killed at least eight Pakistani soldiers. According to reports, a suicide attack was carried out on a military convoy heading for the Miranshah area from Razmak of North Waziristan at 1120 hours [local time] at midday today, causing serious casualties.
Confirming the incident to journalists, the spokesman for Pakistani army, Maj Wahid Arshad, said: A suicide bomber struck his vehicle against a military convoy, killing eight soldiers and wounding 20 others.
He added that two military vehicles were destroyed in the suicide attack. However, some sources in the area told AIP that at least 13 soldiers were killed and that a number of others wounded in the incident and the number of casualties may be higher. Observers believe that it is a reaction to the military operation carried out in Red Mosque in Islamabad because such an action was expected from Islamist groups. After the completion of the operation in Red Mosque, other attacks were also carried out on the police and the army in different parts of Pakistan.
Source: Afghan Islamic Press news agency, Peshawar, in Pashto 0919 gmt 14 Jul 07
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The Paki military has used the Islamic fascists to their advantage in Kashmear and in Afghanistan for decades. Now they’ve got a low intensity insurrection on their hands. It will be interesting to see what tactics the Paki military uses against these medieval maniacs.
Pakistan created this mess by letting the terrorist off the ropes when they had the chance to knock them out. The tribes and terrorist are masters at lies so why does everyone keep walking into the sucker’s trap?
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