Militants Overrun Pakistan Army Base
As Many As 25 Troops Missing, Feared Dead Along Treacherous Border With Afghanistan
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Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif greets a crowd of nearly 2,000 supporters, Jan. 14, 2008 in Barakau, Pakistan. In his first major campaign appearance since the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Sharif accused Pakistan's U.S.-allied president of ordering anti-terror operations that have left the country "drowned in blood." (AP Photo/Ed Wray)
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Pakistan Army troops prepare to leave for patrol in the city to ensure the security during the Shiite Muslims mourning month of Muharram, Monday, Jan. 14, 2008 in Peshawar, Pakistan. Militants ambushed an army base near the Afghan border Wednesday, Jan. 16, killing or kidnapping as many as 25 soldiers. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)
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Pakistan Army troops patrol the streets to ensure the security during the Shiite Muslims' mourning month of Muharram, Jan. 14, 2008 in Peshawar, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)
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"About 200 militants charged the fort from four sides" late Tuesday, said army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas. "They broke through the fort's wall with rockets."
"Fifteen of the troops in the base escaped and they have reached (the town of) Jandola while 25 others have scattered and there is no news how many of them were martyred or fled," he said.
The border region has emerged as a front line in the war on terror since Pakistan allied itself with the U.S. following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Washington has given Pakistan billions of dollars in aid to help government forces battle militants.
A total of 40 members of the paramilitary Frontier Corps were manning the post at the time of the attack, Abbas said, adding that government artillery was shelling the region.
Forty attackers died in the assault, he said. It was not immediately possible to verify the army's claim. In the past, the rebels have given much lower figures for their own casualties.
The outpost is one of several dozen such bases located along South Waziristan's mountainous border with Afghanistan.
The U.S. hopes that elections set for Feb. 18 will help stabilize Pakistan as it faces rising attacks by militants. On Tuesday, Pakistan's government urged opposition leaders to refrain from holding rallies ahead of the elections, citing an escalating terrorist threat.
Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif's party quickly rejected the recommendation, accusing officials of trying block the campaign against Musharraf.
The squabble follows the Dec. 27 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, whose Pakistan Peoples Party is expected by many to emerge as the parliament's largest after the Feb. 18 elections.
It is of paramount importance that the political leadership is sensitized about the looming threat and asked to adopt a security conscious approach.
Javed Iqbal Cheema,Interior Ministry spokesman
The Interior Ministry issued guidelines to political leaders Tuesday "for their safety and security." These included recommendations to inform authorities of their movements.
"It is of paramount importance that the political leadership is sensitized about the looming threat and asked to adopt a security conscious approach," Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema said. "Big rallies should be avoided as much as possible."
Large rallies have traditionally been the main way to drum up support in election campaigns.
Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League party denounced the guidelines. Party spokesman Ahsan Iqbal accused authorities of "playing with terrorist threat to stop opposition parties from reaching out to the people."
"This is a failure of Pervez Musharraf. If he resigns, the law and order situation will become normal," Iqbal said. "This is intended only to stop the opposition from campaigning."
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Shades of Vietnam...the old men in Washington continue their historical trend of picking the most spineless regimes in the world as allies.
I agree with that statement because Musharraf was offered outside military help by the U.S. and the U.N. but his pride won''t allow him to accept outside help, to the detriment of Pakistan hurting its chances at real Democracy.
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/
Bring On The Lucie - John Lennon
(All right boys this is it, over the hill)
We don''t care what flag you''re waving,
We don''t even want to know your name,
We don''t care where you''re from or where you''re going,
All we know is that you came,
You''re making all our decisions,
We have just one request of you,
That while you''re thinking things over,
Here''s something you just better do.
Free the people now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now.
Free the people now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now.
Well we were caught with our hands in the air,
Don''t despair paranoia is everywhere,
We can shake it with love when we''re scared,
So let''s shout it aloud like a prayer.
Free the people now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now.
Free the people now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now.
Regards,
I''''m not being sarcastic.
Posted by beecuster
Sure your are.
shrub, the great middle east helper!! Helping to destroy countries and bring violence to all he touches. Helping to foster extremism and enabler of terrorist everywhere!!
Great legacy shrub! Do us all a favor and don''t add Pakistan to the list of invaded countries to "secure middle east oil" or as you call it "promote democracy"
America gave the Taleban $43 million in 2001 for their efforts against the drug trade...And, would Bush do this for a regime that he thought supported international terrorism? But the War Pig Scum want it both ways...They want to be seen as fighting terrorists while actually supporting them...or, as is more likely, are they just lying about the Taleban?
Hillary''s v.agina and Obama''s race was all the Democratic side of the Demopublican Party wanted to talk about...I posted that mockingly.
It is a shame a few women are treated this way by the Taleban...Of course, the Regime supports the drug lords who left Afghanistan in chaos of rape and murder.
The Taleban are not my heroes...I am content to let the people of Afghanistan decide who will rule them without our interference.
If you are so concerned about the women of Afghanistan, go to the recruiting office and sign the papers...I''m sure cat lovers will be welcome along with those who dot their ''i''s'' with little circles.
If Americans spent half the time worrying about what was going on in their own backyards instead of poking their noses into the business of others, the world would be a far better place!
Address that fact!
Bring On The Lucie - John Lennon
We understand your paranoia,
But we don''''t want to play your game,
You think you''''re cool and know what you are doing,
666 is your name,
So while your jerking off each other,
You better bear this thought in mind,
Your time is up you better know it,
But maybe you don''''t read the signs,
Free the people now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now.
Free the people now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now.
Well you were caught with your hands in the kill,
And you still got to swallow your pill,
As you slip and you slide down the hill,
On the blood of the people you killed.
Stop the killing now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now.
Stop the killing now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now.
Free the people now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now...
Bring On The Lucie - John Lennon
(All right boys this is it, over the hill)
We don''''t care what flag you''''re waving,
We don''''t even want to know your name,
We don''''t care where you''''re from or where you''''re going,
All we know is that you came,
You''''re making all our decisions,
We have just one request of you,
That while you''''re thinking things over,
Here''''s something you just better do.
Free the people now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now.
Free the people now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now.
Well we were caught with our hands in the air,
Don''''t despair paranoia is everywhere,
We can shake it with love when we''''re scared,
So let''''s shout it aloud like a prayer.
Free the people now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now.
Free the people now,
Do it do it do it do it do it now.
The USS COLE was attacked in October 2000 and we''re supporting a ''terrorist'' regime in Kabul with $43 million US taxpayer dollars...because we are "trusting"? Go back to the CENTCOM psy-ops people and see if you can get a response from them that they didn''t fish out of the toilet.
"Big picture"?...HA!
Posted by matvei1107 at 03:03 PM : Jan 16, 2008,,,
Pres. Musharraf and Pakistan just did, CBS is a little slow reporting it, Pakistan will allow the U.S. to play a bigger role to help them in the war on terror! See, I always said Musharraf is a wise leader, stubborn like most leaders are but eventually adapts to change which all must do to survive and Pakistan now realizes its in a fight for its survival.
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/
British Muslim computer geek, son of diplomat, revealed as al Qaeda''s top cyber terrorist http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=508543&in_page_id=1770
hahaha
Yo lars008, why you change your handle? CBS cancel it? LOL Whats this terrorislam6 stuff? Takes some getting use to!
You''re correct about the big picture but don''t hold your breath waiting for prinzowhales to acknowledge it.
Johnnie get your gun, get you gun, get your gun,
Take it on the run, on the run, on the run,
Hear them calling you and me;
Every son of Liberty
Hurry right away, no delay, go today,
Make your daddy glad to have had such a lad
Tell your sweetheart not to pine,
To be proud her boy''s in line.
Chorus:
Over There, Over There
Send the word, send the word,
Over There
That the Yanks are coming,
The Yanks are coming,
The drums rum tumming everywhere
So prepare,
Say a Prayer
Send the word,
Send the word to beware
We''ll be over, we''re coming over.
And we won''t be back till it''s over over there!
Johnnie get your gun, get you gun, get your gun,
Johnnie show the Hun, you''re a Son-of-a-Gun,
Hoist the flag and let her fly
Like true heros do or die
Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit,
Soldiers to the ranks from the towns and the tanks,
Make your Mother proud of you and to Liberty be true.
Chorus:
Over There, Over There
Send the word, send the word,
Over There
That the Yanks are coming,
The Yanks are coming,
The drums rum tumming everywhere
So prepare,
Say a Prayer
Send the word,
Send the word to beware
We''ll be over, we''re coming over.
And we won''t be back till it''s over over there!
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/160108_wound.htm
If the US intervenes in Pakistan, the region will explode--this is exactly what the ''order out of chaos crowd desires''.
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by prinzowhales
January 17, 2008 6:21 PM PST
- While our ally whose regime tried to cover up the murder of Bhutto, is moving steadily towards disaster, the US Congress ignores the NIE regarding Iran and on no intelligence at all votes that Iran is a nuclear threat.
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