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Pakistan destroys suicide bomber training camp (killing 12 militants and 6 suicide bomber wannabees)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/29/09 | Kay Johnson - ap

Posted on 08/29/2009 3:39:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

ISLAMABAD – Helicopter gunships destroyed a training camp for suicide bombers in Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley, killing six Taliban fighters in an area the government had already declared clear of militants, an official said Saturday.

The camp's trainees — including teenagers — were responsible for at least three attacks in recent weeks, an army spokesman said.

Pakistan's army says it is restoring security in Swat and surrounding areas after a three-month offensive wrested the valley back from Taliban control, but suicide attacks and skirmishes continue, with reports Saturday of scattered violence killing at least 12 more suspected militants.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bomber; destroys; fata; nwfp; pakistan; suicide; swat; taliban; trainingcamp; wot

1 posted on 08/29/2009 3:39:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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caption here has 18 killed total.. including 6 suicide bomber trainees.

A Pakistani military MI-17 helicopter flies over the mountainous over the Swat valley in June 2009. Pakistani troops killed at least 18 militants including six would-be suicide bombers during an offensive against Taliban insurgents in northwest Pakistan, officials said Saturday. (AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)

2 posted on 08/29/2009 3:41:33 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: NormsRevenge

1 successful attack, 6 failed missionaries. OK with me.


3 posted on 08/29/2009 3:47:48 PM PDT by Loud Mime (barastikas = Obama's logos // If it is identified by race, it's racist)
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To: NormsRevenge

Drug-dealing clitorectomists....stack ‘em up like cordwood, and I’ll dance a jig! Piss in their mouths...


4 posted on 08/29/2009 6:41:19 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: NormsRevenge

Premature detonation. No virgins for them.


5 posted on 08/29/2009 6:41:47 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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