Four of the five Arabs are Saudi nationals — Ahmed, Ali, Mohammad and Obaidullah — and one Libyan national, Abdullah. The Afghan national has been identified as Habibullah.
Posted on 05/20/2009 12:58:32 AM PDT by nickcarraway
At least 13 militants were killed in a clash with security forces following arrest of five burqa-clad Arabs, one Afghan national and a local man in Mohmand Agency on Tuesday.
Four of the five Arabs are Saudi nationals — Ahmed, Ali, Mohammad and Obaidullah — and one Libyan national, Abdullah. The Afghan national has been identified as Habibullah and the local man as Shad Ali. They were detained at the Khapakh checkpost. The Afghan was living in Chakdara area of Lower Dir.
When troops were taking the detained men to Ghalanai, about 60 militants attacked them in an area between Ziyari Kando and Nasapai. The clash continued for more than two hours, an official spokesman said.
Security forces shelled militants’ positions from Ghalanai with mortars and cannons. Thirteen terrorists were killed and the others escaped. Two vehicles of militants were destroyed, the spokesman said.
Security personnel brought the body of one militant to the Ghalanai FC camp; the other bodies were taken away by the attackers. The administration sealed all entry points to the tribal region and beefed up security to apprehend the fleeing militants.
Troops also launched a search operation in Mian Mandi Bazaar.
A jirga of tribal elders will be held in Ghalanai on Wednesday to discuss the presence of militants, including foreigners, in the area.
The spokesman said the detained militants had been hiding in Kareer Qandaharo and Kung Khwayzai for several days and they had attacked the Khapakh post.
‘They came to Pakistan via Afghanistan which is financing them,’ he alleged.
He said SMGs, hand-grenades, Kalashnikovs, passports and other important documents had been seized from them and their vehicle had been impounded.
Four of the five Arabs are Saudi nationals — Ahmed, Ali, Mohammad and Obaidullah — and one Libyan national, Abdullah. The Afghan national has been identified as Habibullah.
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Five more Muslim Mass Murderer Macho Men (literally) hiding behind women's skirts. It is the ultimate delicious irony.
Didn't Obama bin Laden do the same at least once before he joined the vermin and cockroaches in the darkest caves?
Thanks for posting this interesting story!
Could they be bodyguards to a HVT?
Makes a person go HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmm.
No 146/2009-ISPR Dated: May 20, 2009
Rawalpindi - May 20, 2009:
1. Security Forces have cleared Sultanwas last night after intense clashes. Reportedly 80 terrorists were killed during clearance of Sultanwas. 6 vehicles of militants which were under use by terrorists clad in black uniform were also destroyed during operation. Security Forces encountered 7 IEDs which were defused. Sultanwas was main stronghold of terrorist-miscreants in Buner, where they have made concrete underground bunkers and ammunition dumps. One soldier embraced Shahadat while 9 others were injured during last 24 hours in various areas of Swat.
2. Piochar. Search and destroy operations continue at Piochar.
3. Matta. Clearance of compounds / Houses in Matta is in progress.
4. Kanju. Search and Cordon operation also continues at Kanju. Three soldiers were injured during cordon and search operation at Kanju and Ayub Bridge.
5. Takhtaband. Clearance operation of Takhtaband village is in progress. One soldier embraced Shahadat while six soldiers were injured.
http://www.ispr.gov.pk/front/main.asp?o=t-press_release&latest=1
5 Saudis, 5 Uzbeks, 4 Libyans, 1 Afghan and 20 Tajiks in total. Of these 3 Saudis, 1 Afghan and 1 Libyan were hiding in Burqas.
Check them in the burqas and when the soldiers are “stripping” them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raRV4WMQDFs
ISLAMABAD – With the security forces making big gains on the grounds and seizing controls of more strongholds, the local Taliban group in restive Swat is reaching out for Uzbek and Tajik militants operating from North and South Waziristan for help.
“We have traced conversation between Taliban commanders in which the commander of Swat Taliban is appealing to his counterpart in Waziristan to send Uzbek and Tajik fighters as army is rapidly gaining grounds in traditional strongholds of Taliban in Swat,” a senior intelligence official told IslamOnline.net, wishing not to be named. The military said Tuesday its troops were locked in fierce street battles with Taliban in Matta and Kanju, with four soldiers and 14 militants killed in the two towns.
Footage broadcast by the private Geo channel showed soldiers standing outside locked shops in Matta, a bastion of Maulana Fazlullah, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Swat (TTS) leader.
The army said its troops, estimated at 15,000, were advancing on several fronts towards Mingora, the capital of Swat and a stronghold of Taliban.
The intelligence official claimed the help appeal was made by Ibn-e-Aqeel, the operational commander of Swat Taliban.
“(In conversation), Ibn-e-Aqeel admitted that the militants have conceded severe losses at the hands of security forces and have gone on defensive position,” he said.
Ibn-e-Aqeel is one of six main Taliban commanders, including Fazlullah, who are the prime targets of security forces.
“Our experts are engaged in decoding the rest part of the conversation,” he said, pointing out it was in Pushtu and in code words.
The declared goal of the blistering offensive, now bogged down into a fourth week, is to “eliminate” some 4,000 well-armed militants in Swat.
Unconfirmed
The intelligence official did not elaborate on whether the foreign fighters had agreed to join the fighting in Swat. “We cannot say with authority at the moment that if these foreign militants will join Taliban fighting in Swat, but we are fully prepared,” he said.
“Additional troops have been sent to the bordering areas of South and North Waziristan to tackle the foreign militants if they try to move towards Swat.”
According to intelligence and local sources, there are 2500 to 3000 foreign militants, mostly from Central Asian origin, hiding in South and North Waziristan. The government claims that there numbers are between 6000 and 7000.
The foreign fighters are largely concentrated in Mir Ali town, located some 35 Kilometers of Miramshah, the capital of North Waziristan.
Those led by Uzbek commander Tahir Yuldoshev have been operating under Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan's most wanted man and leader of Tehrik-e-Talibgan Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella of various Taliban groups in the northern tribal belt.
Some foreign militants are reportedly controlled by Aymen Al-Zuwahiri, Al Qaeda’s second-in-command. Muslim Khan, a senior Taliban commander and spokesman of the TTS, could not be reached for comment despite repeated attempts by IOL.
But Birjees Khan, who pretends to be a Taliban commander, claimed Uzbek, Tajik and Chechen militants will be activated against army soon.
“We will go all out against the army. And for that, we will exploit all possible mans, including Tajik, Uzbek, Chechen and Arab Mujahddin,” he told IOL via satellite phone from an unknown location. “They will soon be with us.”
Birjees denied Taliban fighters were on back foot. “It was our strategy not to go too offensive, but now we will adopt an offensive strategy.”
Dangerous
Security experts describe foreign militants, especially Tajiks and Uzbeks, as much more trained than local Taliban fighters.
They note that their intervention in the ongoing conflict may afflict heavy losses on the security forces. “Of course, they are much better fighter and would certainly add to the troubles of the security forces,” Rahimullah Yusufzai, an expert on Afghan affairs, told IOL.
“They can really make a difference, that’s why Swat Taliban are seeking their help.” He, however, thinks that foreign fighters would not join the war.
“There is the least possibility for that because according to my information they have been advised by top Al-Qaeda leadership to stay away from that,” Yusufzai said.
“I am not ruling out the possibility, because this is a very murky game, and anything can happen anytime. But I have concrete information that neither Al Qaeda leadership nor Mullah Omer want them to jump into the fray.”
Intelligence sources believe that foreign militants cannot move to Swat until and unless Mehsud orders them.
Sources close to Baitullah Mehsud say he has not issued any orders to either his local loyalists or foreign militants to join the Swat war.
Yusufzai, however, believes that if security forces open a new front in Waziristan then things will change.
“Mehsud is so far quite and has no plans to join Swat Taliban but as President Zardari has said that Waziristan is the next front and if it really happens, then Mehsud will have only one option, and that is to join hands with Fazlullah.”
http://www.islamonline.net/english/news/2009-05/20/index.shtml
ADDC180 made fun of their appearance last night.
Such insightful analysis.
They also omitted to show the burka clad part of the vid.
But, in the interview, hard to say if it’s the same bunch, the interviewee is pretty much a local village boy.
But those Saudis, well no one really knows how many are infesting those mountains.
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