国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

WORLD> Asia-Pacific
Pakistan commandos free 30 at army HQ, ending siege
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-10-11 12:32

Pakistan commandos free 30 at army HQ, ending siege
Soldiers take their positions outside the main gate of the Pakistan army headquarters after an attack by armed men in Rawalpindi, on the outskirts of Islamabad, October 10, 2009. [Agencies] 

Pakistani commandos raided their own army's headquarters Sunday to free 30 people held hostage by Islamist fighters who staged a brazen attack on the compound while wearing military uniforms.

Three captives and four hostage-takers were among those killed in the 22-hour-long drama that ended with the capture of the attackers' ringleader, an army spokesman said.

Related readings:
Pakistan commandos free 30 at army HQ, ending siegeGunmen hold hostages in Pakistan army headquarters
Pakistan commandos free 30 at army HQ, ending siegeSuicide car bomb kills 41 in Pakistan

Pakistan commandos free 30 at army HQ, ending siegePakistan's military rejects US aid bill
Pakistan commandos free 30 at army HQ, ending siegePakistan blames Taliban for UN blast

The audacious assault on the nerve-center of the country's military establishment showed the strength of militants allied with al-Qaida and the Taliban ahead of a planned army offensive on their heartland in South Waziristan along the Afghan border. It also signaled that any push there would be met with more attacks across Pakistan.

The government said the siege had steeled its resolve to go through with the South Waziristan offensive, calling it "inevitable." The United States and Pakistan's other Western allies want the country to take more action against insurgents also blamed for soaring attacks on US and NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Explosions and gunshots rang out just before dawn Sunday as commandos moved into a building in the complex, while a helicopter hovered in the sky. Three ambulances were seen driving out of the heavily fortified base close to the capital, Islamabad.

Two hours after the raid began, two new explosions were heard. The army said it was "mopping up" the remaining insurgents.

Five heavily armed militants took the hostages after they and about four other assailants attacked the main gate of the army headquarters Saturday, killing six soldiers, including a brigadier and a lieutenant colonel. Four of the attackers, who were wearing army uniforms, were killed. 

No group claimed responsibility, but authorities said they were sure that the Pakistani Taliban or an allied Islamist militant group were behind the strike. The city is filled with security checkpoints and police roadblocks.

Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said 20 of the hostages had been kept in a room guarded by a militant wearing a suicide vest who was shot and killed before he managed to detonate his explosives.

   Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next Page  

蓝田县| 盘锦市| 鹤山市| 大渡口区| 凤庆县| 宜章县| 商水县| 淳安县| 东丽区| 黄平县| 通山县| 尚志市| 靖边县| 信阳市| 长海县| 万山特区| 南川市| 扎鲁特旗| 米林县| 尉氏县| 宁蒗| 宝丰县| 邢台市| 恩施市| 高雄市| 招远市| 三原县| 邳州市| 边坝县| 马鞍山市| 清镇市| 太谷县| 邹平县| 南木林县| 兰溪市| 资阳市| 河间市| 太康县| 会理县| 和田县| 广平县|