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POPSAngry Pakistani tribesmen attack Taliban after bombing Militants have unleashed a new wave of violence in Pakistan in recent months after the military launched major offensives against them in the rugged northwest including Bajaur and Swat regions. The mounting militant threat prompted the government to convene a closed joint session of the two-chambered parliament for a briefing by intelligence officials on internal security. The parliamentarians are due to begin debate on the situation after Pakistan's newly appointed intelligence chief briefed them this week on the militant threat. The growing violence comes amidst a stepped-up campaign by the United States against militant targets inside Pakistan
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POPSPakistanis claim militant group" busted" after shootout
A Joint Interrogation Team (JIT) of the IB and the CID personnel conducted a raid with police contingents and initially cordoned off the area. After taking positions, they went to a nearby mosque and made an announcement to warn the residents not to come out of their houses. Soon after the announcement, the terrorists opened fire, which the police retaliated. A brief encounter took place. During the encounter, the terrorists also threw nine to 10 hand grenades due to which a Police Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) was damaged and two Constables, Wajid Ali and Mehmood, received minor injuries. The police killed two terrorists and were trying to come near the house when an explosion took place and the house was reduced to rubble. All three were killed. The police started removing the debris and recovered four bodies. It also recovered large quantity of hand grenades, explosive material used for making suicide jackets, splinters, pelts, two Kalashnikovs, four TT pistols and thousands
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POPSMuslim women in jail for premarital sex. So what if they where victims of rape. They still had sex outside of marriage and must pay for their indiscretion. Absurd! This article is being discussed here; http://www.atheistthinktank.net/thinktank/index.php?topic=4933.0 Please join us.
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POPSDozens died in Afghanistan Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Zahir Azimi said thousands of soldiers and police officers -- with reinforcements from the capital city of Kabul -- began moving into Arghandab Wednesday morning. "This clearing operation is a response to a direct Taliban threat to the people of Arghandab district, where insurgents have forced hundreds of innocent Afghans to flee their homes," a statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. "The operation is expected to be completed within the next three days." The two Afghan soldiers were killed in a gun battle with three Taliban fighters, the defense ministry said. A NATO air raid in the district killed 20 other militants, the ministry said. Even with the operation under way, NATO said it had seen no evidence of an increased Taliban presence in the region. Video Watch former CIA boss talk about Taliban activity »
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POPSYO.....BINLADEN... ZAWAHIRI: THE CLOCK IS TICKING... NEW GOVERNOR FOR PAKISTAN'S TRIBAL REGION: MUSHARRAF ABOUT TO GET VERY TOUGH BBC: Key Pakistan governor steps down The new governor, Owais Ahmed Ghani, has been known for his tough action - which often took the form of brutal force - against Baluch nationalists. If his appointment indicates anything, it must be that for the Pakistani authorities, the use of force is still very much an option in dealing with militancy in the tribal areas. * THE HAMMER IS ABOUT TO COME DOWN ON THE ANVIL. * IT'S LONG OVERDUE. STAY TUNED...
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POPSPakistan: Al-Qaeda claims Bhutto's death For what it's worth from a previous clip. To create this kind of turmoil and uprisings in Pakistan gives the jihadists just what they sought....an opportunity to move in and strengthen their arm of power there.
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POPS Six Hour Fire-Fight With Taliban Fighters In Kandahar KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A six-hour battle in southern Afghanistan left over 50 Taliban fighters killed or wounded, while a homicide bomber targeting a police patrol ended in three civilian deaths, officials said Monday In Helmand's capital of Lashkar Gah, meanwhile, a homicide bomber blew himself up next to a taxi stand Monday, killing three civilians and wounding five other people, including a policeman, said provincial police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal
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POPS22 Questioned in Terror Plot I can't help but wonder if the situation was reversed and the terrorists were here attempting to blow up planes on the way to Britain if we would have caught them.
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POPSPakistan hangs 'Islamic militant' Here you go.... Pakistan is a majority Muslim country, by the way. And, perhaps hundreds of light years away from even thinking about abandoning capital punishment, which is a different topic altogether.
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