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Pakistani Army Says 60 Suspected Militants Killed
Fox News ^ | 09/23/2008 | AP

Posted on 09/23/2008 4:55:20 PM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace

KHAR, Pakistan — Security forces backed by helicopter gunships and artillery killed more than 60 insurgents in northwest Pakistan in offensives aimed at denying Al Qaeda and Taliban militants safe havens, officials said Tuesday.

The attacks come amid intense U.S. pressure on Pakistan to crack down on militants blamed for attacks both at home and on coalition forces in neighboring Afghanistan.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; mohammedanism; pakistan; wot

1 posted on 09/23/2008 4:55:20 PM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace
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To: G8 Diplomat

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2 posted on 09/23/2008 4:55:54 PM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

it’s a start...


3 posted on 09/23/2008 4:56:24 PM PDT by hercuroc
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To: hercuroc

It comes and goes...they go in hard..then take casualties and catch flak for killing “innocent civilians”...then they work out a local truce/cease fire...then it all starts over.


4 posted on 09/23/2008 4:58:17 PM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

they only seenm to give a shit if it happens to them.


5 posted on 09/23/2008 5:27:29 PM PDT by stickandpucknut (Go Dallas Stars 2009 Stanley Cup Champs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

Has anyone seen the bodies?
Has anyone confirmed they were Taliban killed by Pakistanis?

I’ve long since reached the point I don’t believe a thing a Muslim tells me that I haven’t seen with my own lying eyes.


6 posted on 09/23/2008 5:41:37 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: TheBlueMax; WLR; iThinkBig; Molly K.; bayouranger; beebuster2000; maine-iac7; lancer; voletti; ...

Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

FReepmail if you want on or off

7 posted on 09/23/2008 5:55:02 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat ("The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense" --Tom Clancy)
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