Re: People rejoice, distribute sweets as Victorious Pakistan Army enters Swat towns
So, the guy who put the COMPETENT fellow in charge (aka Kiani) is incompetent?
So, you're called incompetent when you do your job?
That's news to me.
Re: People rejoice, distribute sweets as Victorious Pakistan Army enters Swat towns
So, the guy who put the COMPETENT fellow in charge (aka Kiani) is incompetent?
So, you're called incompetent when you do your job?
That's news to me.
You dont need to be competant to hire someone who is...
I dont know a thing about dentistry, but im sure I can find a competant dentist!
Musharafs may be a competant general on the field... After all thats what he is. But his leadership as a politician is next to zero (excpet when it comes to wheeling and dealing etc). If Musharaf were a competant leader, you wouldnt have the Swat situation reaching the boil the way it has nor would 300 soldiers be surrendering without even firing a shot...
Re: People rejoice, distribute sweets as Victorious Pakistan Army enters Swat towns
Six dead in Pakistan Swat valley bomb
Sun Dec 9, 2007 5:43 AM EST162
By Junaid Khan
MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a police checkpost in the volatile Swat valley in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing six people including two children and a policeman, the military said.
The attack, near Swat’s main town of Mingora, came a day after the military said it had cleared the scenic valley of most militants led by a firebrand pro-Taliban cleric, whose insurgent followers had clashed with troops in the area for weeks.
The attacker was driving from Matta, a town known as a militant stronghold, to Mingora.
“Two children, three civilians and a policeman were killed. One policeman was wounded,” said Amjad Iqbal, a military spokesman in Swat.
He said the head of the bomber had been found at the site of the blast.
In a separate incident, residents said three decapitated bodies had been found near the town of Matta. Their bodies were later brought to Mingora.
A Reuters reporter saw the bodies with their hands and feet tied with ropes. Iqbal said the slain men were “local Taliban” and might have been killed by residents, but there was no independent verification.
Last month, the army launched an offensive in Swat which the commander in charge said on Saturday had succeeded in clearing the militants from most of the valley, pushing cleric Maulana Fazlullah and his followers into remote valleys to the northwest.
Major General Nasser Janjua told reporters in Mingora on Saturday his troops had killed 290 militants, who he said were supported by the Taliban and al Qaeda.
A further 143 were captured in the offensive involving 20,000 troops, he added, saying six of his men had been killed.
Janjua said Fazlullah had been able to whip up a following of about 5,000 people with his calls for strict Islamic law broadcast over his private FM radio station.
But most of Fazlullah’s recruits from the valley had melted back into the population since the offensive began, leaving him with a hard core of about 500 followers, including many foreigners, Janjua said.
He said some Uzbeks were with Fazlullah but declined to say where others were from.
Violence surged in Pakistan, mainly in the northwest, since a military assault on Red Mosque, a stronghold of militants, in the capital Islamabad in July. Nearly 105 people were killed in the operation. More than 800 people have been killed in ensuing violence across the country.
President Pervez Musharraf, a key ally in the U.S.-led war on terrorism, cited growing militancy as one of the main reasons behind imposition of emergency rule by him on November 3. He plans to lift the emergency rule on December 15, around three weeks before a general election due on January 8.
Re: People rejoice, distribute sweets as Victorious Pakistan Army enters Swat towns
^Its seems like sweets have magically transformed into bombs.
One should be very cautious about the news spreed these days regarding success of PA, since Emergency rule can create a lot of manipulation on news sources.
Re: People rejoice, distribute sweets as Victorious Pakistan Army enters Swat towns
Five injured in Pakistan attack
Pakistan troops with weapons they say were seized from the militants
The government offensive has reportedly involved 20,000 troops
A suicide bomber has blown himself up close to a bus carrying school children in north-west Pakistan, wounding five children, a military spokesman said.
The attack took place near a military base at Kamra early on Monday.
The driver and a guard on the bus, which was carrying over 30 school children, were also hurt, reports said.
The attack comes a day after a suicide bomber killed at least six people, including two children, at a checkpoint in Swat Valley in the same region.
A Pakistani military spokesman told reporters that the bus carrying school children had been targeted by the attacker.
“This barbaric attack shows how cruel the terrorists are,” Maj Gen Arshad Waheed was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
Troops have been chasing a few hundred militants in the mountains in north-west Pakistan, it said.
Nearly 300 Islamists are reported to have been killed since the offensive was launched two weeks ago.
Re: People rejoice, distribute sweets as Victorious Pakistan Army enters Swat towns
Awesome news. thanks for sharin....i hope Pak Army revives itself back to its prime glory stemming from the peoples hearts.
Re: People rejoice, distribute sweets as Victorious Pakistan Army enters Swat towns
Yup, Long live Pakistan Army always. 