Friday, November 9, 2007

Pakistani troops continue Tradition of surrender

Pak militants parade 48 'captured soldiers'
Bangladesh Daily Star - 11/3/2007
Militants loyal to a pro-Taliban cleric in northwest Pakistan paraded 48 people they said were captured paramilitary soldiers in front of the media yesterday. Television crews were allowed to videotape conversations with the detainees in the troubled Swat Valley tourist area, where rebels have been


Pakistani militants parade captured soldiers in humiliating display for Musharraf
Boston Globe - 11/3/2007

SWAT, Pakistan - Islamic militants yesterday paraded 48 men described as government troops who surrendered during fighting, an embarrassment to President Pervez Musharraf as he struggles to regain control of a mountainous region from Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked extremists.Admiral William Fallon, the



Militants kidnap another 100 Pakistani soldiers
Kuwait News Agency - 11/3/2007

ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (KUNA) -- Militants in Pakistan's northern Sawat district claimed Saturday the kidnapping another 100 soldiers, just one day after 63 were released, but this was not officially confirmed.

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