16 January 2008

Musharraf loses a pawn...

As the chess game in Waziristan starts to get interesting...
Hundreds of militants have overrun a paramilitary fort in north-west Pakistan, killing or kidnapping many troops, the military says. Observers say this is the first time that militants have captured a fort in Pakistan.

Correspondents say the Sararogha area is a stronghold of pro-Taleban militant leader Baitullah Mehsud.

He is accused by the government of being behind the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi on 27 December and a wave of other bombings in recent months.
Your move, Pervez.

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