Militants kill 30 troops in Pak fort capture

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While Mushrraf is busy using state machinery to go after judges, lawyers and human right activists Taliban are knocking on our door. With such direct attacks by Taliban its only matter of time before entire NWFP falls to Taliban.

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080038705&ch=1/16/2008%201:15:00%20PM

Militants kill 30 troops in Pak fort capture

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 (Islamabad)
Around 30 Pakistani troops were feared killed early on Wednesday morning when Taliban militants captured a fort manned by security forces in the restive South Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

The Taliban militants captured the Sararogha fort manned by about 40 personnel of the Frontier Corps in the early hourson Wednesday, sources close to local authorities said.

The militants launched an attack on the fort, located about 80 km from South Waziristan’s main town of Wana, at about 9 pm on Tuesday.

The sources and TV channels reported that 20 to 30 troops were either killed or missing following the attack.

There were also reports that some of the troops were captured by the militants and some others had managed to reach the nearby Ladha fort.

The Pakistan Army confirmed the attack but denied that the Taliban had taken control of the fort.

Journalists in Wana also confirmed the attack and said that around 1,000 armed Taliban were involved in the attack on Sararogha fort. They also claimed the militants had taken 10 troops hostage.

Local authorities in Wana said that they lost contact with the fort after 9 pm.

Reports said the Taliban fighters first opened fire on the fort with rockets and automatic weapons from nearby mountains. The security forces launched a counter-attack and used artillery and mortars.

Locals said the exchange of fire lasted around four hours. But later the forces stopped firing and Taliban entered the fort and also shifted weapons from the fort.

The shifting of the arms continued till this morning. The Taliban also took away the soldiers who survived the attack, the locals said.

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^^ sir jee with due respect next time check the source and also double check the news, I couldn't find it anywhere else, any source like dawn, thenews, terrioism watch, bloomberg, CNN or BBC?

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^^ Bhai I’m not making up the news. Here from Reuters…

http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-31425720080116

Militants attack paramilitary camp in Pakistan
Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:06pm IST

By Hafiz Wazir

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of militants in northwest Pakistan attacked a paramilitary camp and up to 30 soldiers were missing, security officials said on Wednesday.

The militants attacked the camp in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border late on Tuesday, the officials said. A military official said there had been fighting in the area but he denied reports the militants had captured the camp.

“About 700 militants attacked the fort at Sara Rogha at about 9:30 p.m. and communication with the fort was cut at around 2 a.m.,” a security official said.

“There were about 37 paramilitary troops in the fort and seven of them were able to escape while the rest of them are missing and feared dead,” said the official, who declined to be identified.

Security forces have been battling al Qaeda-linked militants in South Waziristan for several years.

The Sara Rogha area is a stronghold of al Qaeda-linked militant leader Baitullah Mehsud, who the government said was behind the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi on Dec. 27.

Security forces were firing artillery in the area on Wednesday morning but it was not immediately clear what their target was, residents said.

Another security official said six militants had been killed in the overnight fighting.

Separately, a bomb exploded as a military patrol was passing along a road in the Swat valley in North West Frontier Province on Wednesday but there was no immediate word on casualties, police said.

Security forces have been trying to clear hundreds of militants from the Swat valley since November.

A wave of militant violence in recent months, including many suicide bomb attacks, has added to a sense of crisis in nuclear-armed Pakistan, where President Pervez Musharraf has been facing opposition to his rule.

Militants attack paramilitary camp in Pakistan

Posted 2 hours 14 minutes ago
Updated 9 minutes ago

Hundreds of Islamic militants have attacked a Pakistani paramilitary fort in a tribal region near the Afghan border.

A senior military official says there was a heavy exchange of fire between security forces and militants, who tried to enter the fort in South Waziristan district.

Seven Pakistani soldiers and 40 militants were killed, a military spokesman said.

“About 200 miscreants attacked from different directions,” said military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas.

“After an hour or so they were able to breach one of the walls of the fort. In the process, there were about 40 militants dead and seven FC personnel were reported killed,” he said, referring to the Frontier Corps paramilitary force.

A security official says the attack came after security forces shelled several suspected hideouts of militant leader Baitullah Mehsud in the district.

Security forces have been battling Al Qaeda-linked militants in South Waziristan for several years.

Separately, a bomb exploded as a military patrol was passing along a road in the Swat valley in North West Frontier Province on Wednesday but there was no immediate word on casualties, police said.

  • AFP
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I think Pakistan should give them liberty and cut them off from rest of the country and let them live in stone age.

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From BBC

Militants raid Pakistan army base
Soldiers in South Waziristan
Many soldiers are reported killed or kidnapped
Militants in north-west Pakistan have attacked a paramilitary fort, killing or kidnapping most of the troops based inside, officials say.

They say that of the 43 troops based at Sararogha in South Waziristan, only seven managed to escape to safety.

A military spokesman told the Reuters news agency that there had been fighting in the area, but denied reports the fort had been captured.

South Waziristan is a known stronghold of Taleban and al-Qaeda militants.

The region has been at the centre of fighting between the army and the militants in recent months.

“About 700 militants attacked the fort at Sararogha at about 9.30pm (1630 GMT on Tuesday) and communication with the fort was cut at around 2 am,” a security official told Reuters.

The army says that a number of attackers have been killed.

Correspondents say that Sararogha area is a stronghold of a militant leader, Baitullah Mehsud, who the government accused of being behind the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi on 27 December.

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dawn, thenews, dailytimes etc do not update their site instantly. they update them once a day only...

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The Pakistan Army seriously needs to be re-trained.

Pakistan has already lost 1,000 men fighting the Taliban Nazis and Al Qaeda Barbarians.

USA has only lost 200 in 7 years in Afghanistan

Pakistan needs to invest in more Anti-terrorism forces and crush these savages once and for all.

Look at Lebanon.

The Sunni Militants took over camps and the Lebanese Army went in and wiped them out.

The entire country was united against these militants. But in Pakistan, people make excuses and blame the government, etc....

Its about time that Pakistanis realize that the biggest threat that Pakistan faces today is Radical Extremists on our border areas and we need to go Arab on them

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Jang is reporting vice versa! 40 militants have been dispatched to the hell there.

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So is Dawn reporting quoting AFP.

http://dawn.com/2008/01/16/welcome.htm

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Seven troops, 50 militants dead in Pakistan clash
WANA, Pakistan, Jan 16 (AFP): Seven Pakistani soldiers and up to 50 militants were killed in clashes after hundreds of rebels captured a paramilitary fort near the Afghan border, the army said Wednesday. Heavy fighting erupted after militants armed with rocket launchers attacked the outpost at Sararogha town in the South Waziristan tribal district overnight, military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told AFP. “Yesterday around midnight 400 miscreants attacked the Frontier Corps at Sararogha. There are reports of 40 to 50 dead miscreants, while seven personnel embraced martyrdom,” Abbas said. (First Posted @ 10:30 PST, Updated @ 14:40 PST)

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^^ why the hell does Pakistani Army Spokesman uses a retarted word like miscreats.

thats like describing a bunch of school yard bullies

why don't they call them for what they are, TERRORISTS

Sing a Song according 2 Ur Mood !!!!!
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The one and only problem is nearly 30-40% population of Pakistan actually support Taliban in some ways...
Thats a gift of 30 years of jihadi culture, 4-5 people behind the brick wall in Islamabad designed the rules to develop the society, and here we are our own "cross of dog" wants to bite us. Their is a real problem from gov side too, some of them don't want their complete inhaliation they want some in reserve.

Conclusion:

For future proxy wars against India/Afgan/Iran we need jihadi.
We have to live with them.

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We are led to believe that they are one of the best trained armies in the World.

Who do you think should re-train the army - USA, UK, China, India (lol)?

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So now you are saying we should live with them, what Is next? Shift Islamabad next to Kabul?

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http://www.rttnews.com/FOREX/gblnews.asp?date=01/16/2008&item=7

Taliban Militants Kill 30 Pakistani Troops, Capture Fort In Waziristan ]

1/16/2008 4:17:32 AM Taliban militants early Wednesday captured a fort manned by Pakistani security forces in the restive South Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan and killed at least 30 troops.

Nearly 1,000-armed Taliban militants were involved in the capture of the Sararogha fort manned by about 40 personnel of the Frontier Corps, local authorities said on Wednesday. The militants launched the attack on the fort, located about 80 km from South Waziristan’s main town of Wana, at about 9 pm on Tuesday. It has also been reported that 20 to 30 troops were either killed or missing following the attack.

There were also reports that the militants captured some of the troops while some others had managed to reach the nearby Ladha fort. The Pakistan Army confirmed the attack but denied that the Taliban had taken control of the fort.

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look buddy these jihadi/taliban's are our breed, we made them for our own spectic reasons and unfortuneatley those reasons still exist in some way. Our high command fears America will leave this region as before or attack Pakistan. So might be mushi playing double game.

We definatly should put some of these animals in reserve. Afterall who can show more brutality then these scum bags.

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^And you believe that we are in the position to tame them so easily and put them under house arrest at Tora Bora?!

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& then you would say,Musharraf is making our army fight against our own civilians.

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That alongwith mistrust of Pakistani government (due to continuous lies on all fronts).

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Chalo… light is reaching farther and farther :wave:

No wonder our army is not eliminating them, perhaps $80 million per month (or is it day??) is more important than nation’s lives, problems.