18 Hour Raid At Karachi Naval Base Heaps Humiliation On Pakistan -- The Telegraph
Armed militants stormed a naval base in Karachi, keeping Pakistani forces at bay for 18 hours, heaping further embarrassment on the country's powerful military establishment yesterday (MON).
Commandos managed to regain control of the navy facility but not before the extremists, armed with grenades and automatic weapons, killed 12 security officers and destroyed two planes.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the raid, which they said was in revenge for the death of Osama bin Laden earlier this month.
This ease with which a handful of attackers were able to penetrate a military base will increase pressure on the country's military leadership, already embarrassed by a US special forces operation to kill the al-Qaeda leader on its soil.
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