ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 4, 2007

3 Pakistani Soldier Hostages Are Killed

Increasing Fears About Safety Of 230 Other Captured Soldiers

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      An opposition party worker raises a placard against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf as he stands with others at the main entrance of National Assembly, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007 in Islamabad, Pakistan.  (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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    • President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's has promised to give up his role as head of Pakistan's military if he wins Saturday's vote by national and provincial lawmakers.

      President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's has promised to give up his role as head of Pakistan's military if he wins Saturday's vote by national and provincial lawmakers.  (AP/Pakistan Press Information Dept.)

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Three of Pakistan's 260 soldiers taken hostage in the country's tribal areas along the Afghan border were found dead on Thursday, raising fears for the safety of the remaining troops.

A Pakistani intelligence official says the bullet-riddled bodies of the three men were found near Jandola, a town in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

The soldiers' bodies were discovered a day after the militants holding them captive threatened to kill three soldiers every day unless the government accepted their demands which include the release of at least ten hardcore Islamic militants in official custody.

The intervention of a local tribal council known as a ‘jirga' has secured the release of at least 30 soldiers so far but there are up to 230 soldiers still in custody of the militants. The case of the kidnapped soldiers marks a major setback for the pro US government of General Pervez Musharraf, the country's military ruler.

Pakistan has deployed up to 90 thousand troops in the tribal region to combat members of Al Qaeda and the Taliban regime who crossed over from Afghanistan, fleeing US, Afghan and NATO forces deployed in the central Asian country. The militants have taken refuge in new sanctuaries in Pakistan's tribal areas which have remained semi-autonomous for years before Musharraf ordered troops to enter the region in 2003.

Approximately one thousand Pakistani troops have been killed in anti terror operations since the country joined the US led alliance against terror, after abandoning Afghanistan's Taliban regime just days after the New York terrorist attacks.

The killing of the soldiers on Thursday comes just two days ahead of General Musharraf's bid to be re-elected, albeit controversially, in Saturday's presidential elections. His candidature is contested by opposition leaders who among other charges accuse him of his failure to tackle rising militancy in the country, and of his proximity to the US.

“General Musharraf has not only failed to tackle this problem(of militancy). He has also failed to defend the interests of Pakistanis in the face of growing pressure from the United States” said Khurshid Ahmed, a senator for the islamist alliance, the MMA (Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal) in comments this week.

On Tuesday, General Musharraf named General Ashfaq Kiyani, the former head of Pakistan's inter-services intelligence (ISI) counter espionage agency, to take over as the new military chief once Musharraf steps down by a deadline of November 15 that he has given. Kiyani is known among western defence experts as a pro-western General who has worked closely with the CIA during his three years at the ISI.

Kiyani's immediately challenges will include resolving the case of the kidnapped soldiers in the tribal area. The kidnapping has prompted anxiety among western diplomats over the future conduct of Pakistani military operations in the tribal region.

By Farhan Bokhari © MMVII, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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by robertkjjj October 5, 2007 3:38 AM EDT
Mohammed was a homosexual a thousand times over. Allah is a pile of pig intestines and scum. All Muslims are pigs rotting in the sun. All Muslims should burn in hell. If you are Muslim and reading this, you are going to be buried in a pile of dead pig blood and you will burn in hell forever.
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by robertkjjj October 5, 2007 3:38 AM EDT
Mohammed was a homosexual a thousand times over. Allah is a pile of pig intestines and scum. All Muslims are pigs rotting in the sun. All Muslims should burn in hell. If you are Muslim and reading this, you are going to be buried in a pile of dead pig blood and you will burn in hell forever.
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by robertkjjj October 5, 2007 3:38 AM EDT
Mohammed was a homosexual a thousand times over. Allah is a pile of pig intestines and scum. All Muslims are pigs rotting in the sun. All Muslims should burn in hell. If you are Muslim and reading this, you are going to be buried in a pile of dead pig blood and you will burn in hell forever.
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by lars008-2009 October 4, 2007 3:12 PM EDT
VOTE FOR JEFFERSON,,, VOTE AGAINST FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM,,, VOTE GOP,,,

dnc are like john adams and want to give the jihadist their lunch money hoping they will leave us alone,,,

gop are like thomas jefferson and want to spend their lunch money on weapons and go kick the jihadists in their arses,,,

What Thomas Jefferson learned from the Muslim book of jihad,,,

Thomas Jefferson knew about fascist nazi islam,,, he killed plenty of them,,,

In 1786 Jefferson and John Adams went to negotiate with Tripoli''s envoy to London, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman or (Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja). They asked him by what right he extorted money and took slaves. Jefferson reported to Secretary of State John Jay, and to the Congress:

The ambassador answered us that [the right] was founded on the Laws of the Prophet (Mohammed), that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to heaven.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War
http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan07/jeff_quran.htm
muslim justifies slavery and piracy%u2026
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?6bdec278-6a71-4436-bc4d-29d1c54b0ad7
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by lars008-2009 October 4, 2007 12:12 PM EDT
Posted by hungry1968 at 08:40 AM : Oct 04, 2007

tell it to the fascist nazi terrorislamist,,, they are the ones spreading hate and death to non muslims,,,

FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMIST Mahmoud "MONKEYBOY" Ahmadinejad

SAYS FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM WILL RULE THE WORLD,,,

all nations will bow to iran,,, or iran will make them bow,,,

http://bamapachyderm.com/archives/2007/09/24/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-tourist-in-the-big-apple/
http://themoderatevoice.com/category/politics/foreign/ahmadinejad/
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/politicalcartoons/ig/Political-Cartoons/Ahmadinejad-s-Comedy-Act.htm
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/politicalcartoons/ig/Political-Cartoons/No-Homosexuals-Left.htm
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/politicalcartoons/ig/Political-Cartoons/No-Gay-People-in-Iran.htm
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/politicalcartoons/ig/Political-Cartoons/Homosexuals-in-Iran.htm
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/iran/a/mahmoudjokes.htm

A day in the life of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a life of hatred. This is the inside story of the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the people around him on the day the British Marines and Navy personnel was invite for a fifteen day pay vacation. The question is, "What was on the mind of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3pP0RlAJyOY&mode=related&search=
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by hungry1968 October 4, 2007 11:40 AM EDT
it is fascist nazi terrorislam stupid
Posted by lars008 at 07:36 AM : Oct 04, 2007



It''s assh*le''s like you, Bush, and navyretired that keep fomenting the hatred of ALL muslims, for the actions of a few.
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by lars008-2009 October 4, 2007 10:36 AM EDT
it is fascist nazi terrorislam stupid,,,

non muslims of the world unite,,, fight against the tyranny of the fascist nazi terrorslam imperialist empire of the darkside,,,

I was a fanatic...I know their thinking, says former radical Islamist
By blaming the Government for our actions, those who pushed this "Blair''s bombs" line did our propaganda work for us.
More important, they also helped to draw away any critical examination from the real engine of our violence: Islamic theology.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=465570&in_page_id=1770

Bless the Beasts and Children
Fascist nazi terrorslam kills every man woman and child in the village again%u2026 typical mo for terrorslam%u2026
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm

Our Prophet commanded us to fight the kaafirs when we are able and to attack them in their homelands and to give them three choices before we enter their lands: either they become Muslim and be like us, sharing our rights and duties; or they pay the jizyah (poll tax) and feel themselves subdued; or they fight, in which case their wealth, women, children and homes become permissible as booty for the Muslims.
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=13759&ln=eng&txt=before%20islam%20arabia%20pagan

the truth about fascist nazi terrorislam...
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/what-really-happened/
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