Sunday, October 11, 2009

Pakistan Civil War News Updates -- October 11, 2009

Soldiers prepare to raid the army headquarters in Rawalpindi, where militants were holding 45 hostages. Photograph: Faisal Mahmood/Reuters

Pakistani Troops Rescue Hostages After Militants Attack Military HQ -- The Guardian

Alleged ringleader in custody as Hillary Clinton says raid shows militants 'increasingly threatening authority of the state'.

Commandos freed 42 hostages from captivity in a dramatic dawn raid today, ending a 22-hour militant assault on Pakistan's military headquarters that had embarrassed the army as it prepared for an offensive in the Taliban's tribal stronghold.

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More News On Pakistan

Bloody siege at Pakistan army HQ ends with 19 dead -- Yahoo News/AP
Commandos storm Pakistan army HQ, freeing 39 hostages -- Yahoo News/AFP
Pak army HQ siege over, 19 killed, 42 hostages freed -- Press Trust Of India
Pakistan Army Ends Hostage Siege at Military Headquarters -- Wall Street Journal
Pakistan Retakes Army Headquarters; Hostages Freed -- New York Times
Gunmen Take Hostages in Attack on Pakistani Army Headquarters -- Voice of America
In Pakistan, Militants Attack Army Bastion -- Washington Post
Pakistanis glued to TV amid dramatic coverage of army HQ siege -- Hindustan Times
Pakistan on knife-edge as siege ends -- The Age
Pakistan probes links between siege, cricket attack -- AFP
Racing Time and Taliban to Rebuild in Pakistan -- New York Times
Attack in Rawalpindi: are Pakistan’s militant groups uniting? -- Reuters
'Pakistan army HQ siege shows Taliban comeback' -- AFP
Militant attacks leave trail of blood -- Dawn
Clinton: terrorists increasing threat to Pakistan -- AP
India warns of danger from Pakistan militants -- Reuters
Bid to drive insurgents from north-west frontier -- The Age
In the Pakistani mountains of Waziristan, young jihadis wait for martyrdom -- The Telegraph

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