200 killed as Pakistani troops battle border militants

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

10am
200 killed as Pakistani troops battle border militants

Peter Walker and agencies
Tuesday October 9, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

Almost 200 people have been killed in three days of
fighting between the Pakistani army and militants near
the Afghan border, military officials said today.

The battles in the lawless North Waziristan region
have left 150 militants and 45 soldiers dead, with up
to 15 troops listed as missing, an army statement said.

The army has rejected a proposed ceasefire and plans
to "continue punitive action until complete peace is
restored" in the region, which is seen as a major
stronghold of pro-Taliban and al-Qaida groups, the
army statement added.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,,2186842,00.html

[Kagemusha]

1. Well at least the army there isn't just bowing in submission and taking it.

They've been getting hit by bombings left and right and so on. It's not much, but at least someone's fighting the actual meaningful War on Terror, since the US isn't really doing much of that in Iraq.