Pakistan bombs "terrorist camp"

[allemand]

Thu 9 September, 2004 11:00

By Hafiz Wazir

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan jet fighters and helicopter gunships have pounded what the military call a terrorist training camp near the Afghan border, killing dozens of people including civilians, local witnesses say.

Around 40 members of Afghanistan's ousted Taliban militia and allied Islamic militants were attacked on Thursday near the village of Laggimanzai, 25 km (15 miles) northeast of Wana, the main town in South Waziristan, said villager Ajab Nur.

He told Reuters that many civilians had also been killed in a subsequent air strike when they gathered to survey the damage in the village around 50 km (30 miles) from the Afghan border.

"There was a gathering of about 40 or so militants early this morning," said Nur. "Two bombs fell on them. Then villagers went to see what had happened ... and there was a second attack and many people were killed."

More:
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=580170§ion=news

[Fovea]

1. Interested in seeing how this pans out

Because Pakistan is, like many regional states, a very fragile and not very peaceful coalition. Results like this require a quid pro quo, oftentimes.

[No Mandate Here.]

2. * pushes a button, marked with a picture of a dog,

(so he knows that it's the one to push when the news is really going badly,) and, suddenly, LO AND BEHOLD,

the compliant news people have something other than:

60 minutes AWOL story,
Kitty Kelley cocaine story,
Unkkkle dicky's vote for me or die
The supposed 11 point 'bounce' that was fabricated,

I am sure there are lots more.

How in the world did I ever get so cynical?