Police kill 5 terrorists in Gadap encounter

[Lockheed F-16]

Breaking news just came in that in a shooting In Karachi at the Highway, 5 Baitullah terrorists have been shot dead

 

[SinoIndusFriendship]

Breaking news just came in that in a shooting In Karachi at the Highway, 5 Baitullah terrorists have been shot dead

Any photos/videos?

 

[batmannow]

yap, but geo tv is trying to make it mysterious, they said that they had send a team of its journalists on the spot , but they wernt able to find the location , where this fire fight happened.
they are trying to, make this incident looks extra judicial kilings!
thts very bad , journalizm.

 

[Mujahid]

Karachi: Police kill 5 terrorists in Gadap encounter

KARACHI: At least five terrorists have been killed amid police encounter in Gadap locality here on Friday night, police sources said.

According to police, terrorists were close aides of Baitullah Mehsud.

Police carried out encounter near Al-Asif Square area following intelligence agency’s report in regard to presence of terrorists in the area but miscreants opened fire, which police retaliated, killing five terrorists while some of their accomplices managed to flee, CCPO Karachi Wassem Ahmed said.

Police have cordoned of the shootout scene, fearing that some of their associates might have gone in hiding in nearby places, sources said.

Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Karachi Waseem Ahmed told Geo news, Police got intelligence report that terrorists have arrived Karachi in guise of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and were engaged in plotting terror strikes.

When police raided the area following intelligence reports so they came under indiscriminate firing, which police retaliated and as a result, five armed miscreants lost their lives while some of their aides managed to flee the area, he added.

Police also claimed seizure of arms, ammunitions and heavy explosives from their possessions while police raids are underway to arrest the fled offenders.

Karachi: Police kill 5 terrorists in Gadap encounter

 

[SummerWine]

5 militants killed in shootout in south Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan -- Police killed five suspected militants Saturday in an overnight raid on a Karachi apartment housing insurgents loyal to the Pakistani Taliban leader blamed for a wave of suicide attacks.

City police chief Waseem Ahmed said officers found a large quantity of weapons and explosives in the apartment. He said the militants were planning terror attacks in Pakistan's biggest city.

Police taking part in the raid early Saturday told the militants to surrender, but they opened fire, Ahmed said. In the gunbattle that ensued, five militants were killed, five were wounded and six escaped in the darkness, he said.

"All the dead belonged to Baitullah Mehsud. They were planning to target the city for their terrorist activities," Ahmed said.

Mehsud is blamed for a series of suicide bombings across Pakistan that spokesmen for his group have said is retaliation for two military offensives against Taliban in the country's volatile northwest.

Troops are winding down their campaign to oust the Taliban from the Swat Valley region after two months of fighting and are turning their attention to a new offensive targeting Mehsud in his home territory of South Waziristan, in the tribal belt on the Afghan border.

Artillery and warplanes continued to bomb targets across South Waziristan on Saturday, killing 15 insurgents and wounding 13 more, intelligence officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

A Taliban commander, Qari Hussain Ahmad, confirmed the bombing, but denied that militants had been killed.

"The jets are bombing, but we have not suffered any loss," Hussain told The Associated Press by telephone.

The Taliban also came under attack in the Upper Dir region bordering Swat, where a 1,000-strong citizens' militia has killed an estimated two dozen militants and has others pinned down in the villages Ghazai Gay and Shatkas. The militia was formed early this month to avenge a mosque bombing that killed 33 people.

Police official Tahir Khan said militants in the villages attacked militia members on Saturday, ending a lull in the fighting that had lasted for about a week.

Malik Motabar Khan, a tribal elder who is leading the militia, said up to five militants were killed

We are here until we kill all of them or we expel them," Khan told The Associated Press.

The government has encouraged militias, known as lashkars, to take up arms against militants in their area to assist military forces.

The recent militant attacks have targeted security forces but have also hit mosques, markets and one major international hotel. The latest struck an army vehicle in Pakistani Kashmir on Friday, killing two soldiers. The bombing was claimed by a Mehsud spokesman who warned of more attacks.

It was the first time that this strategically sensitive area - where rival India has long accused Pakistan of harboring Islamic militants that launch attacks in Indian Kashmir - has been targeted by the Taliban.

The government says the recent suicide bombings have fueled its determination to destroy Mehsud's network and end militancy in Pakistan. Washington strongly backs the military campaigns, which are seen as a test of the government's resolve after years of unfinished offensives and failed peace deals with militants.

Karachi, a teeming port city of more than 16 million and Pakistan's commercial hub, has long been a hotbed for Taliban and al-Qaida-linked groups that are believed to have staged bank robberies, kidnapping for ransom and other criminal activities to raise funds.

On Tuesday, police arrested five suspected Mehsud loyalists on the western outskirts of the city and recovered weapons and grenades. Earlier this month, police said they arrested a would-be suicide bomber allegedly linked to Mehsud

 

[fatman17]

5 militants killed in shootout in south Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan -- Police killed five suspected militants Saturday in an overnight raid on a Karachi apartment housing insurgents loyal to the Pakistani Taliban leader blamed for a wave of suicide attacks.

City police chief Waseem Ahmed said officers found a large quantity of weapons and explosives in the apartment. He said the militants were planning terror attacks in Pakistan's biggest city.

Police taking part in the raid early Saturday told the militants to surrender, but they opened fire, Ahmed said. In the gunbattle that ensued, five militants were killed, five were wounded and six escaped in the darkness, he said.

"All the dead belonged to Baitullah Mehsud. They were planning to target the city for their terrorist activities," Ahmed said.

Mehsud is blamed for a series of suicide bombings across Pakistan that spokesmen for his group have said is retaliation for two military offensives against Taliban in the country's volatile northwest.

Troops are winding down their campaign to oust the Taliban from the Swat Valley region after two months of fighting and are turning their attention to a new offensive targeting Mehsud in his home territory of South Waziristan, in the tribal belt on the Afghan border.

Artillery and warplanes continued to bomb targets across South Waziristan on Saturday, killing 15 insurgents and wounding 13 more, intelligence officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

A Taliban commander, Qari Hussain Ahmad, confirmed the bombing, but denied that militants had been killed.

"The jets are bombing, but we have not suffered any loss," Hussain told The Associated Press by telephone.

The Taliban also came under attack in the Upper Dir region bordering Swat, where a 1,000-strong citizens' militia has killed an estimated two dozen militants and has others pinned down in the villages Ghazai Gay and Shatkas. The militia was formed early this month to avenge a mosque bombing that killed 33 people.

Police official Tahir Khan said militants in the villages attacked militia members on Saturday, ending a lull in the fighting that had lasted for about a week.

Malik Motabar Khan, a tribal elder who is leading the militia, said up to five militants were killed

We are here until we kill all of them or we expel them," Khan told The Associated Press.

The government has encouraged militias, known as lashkars, to take up arms against militants in their area to assist military forces.

The recent militant attacks have targeted security forces but have also hit mosques, markets and one major international hotel. The latest struck an army vehicle in Pakistani Kashmir on Friday, killing two soldiers. The bombing was claimed by a Mehsud spokesman who warned of more attacks.

It was the first time that this strategically sensitive area - where rival India has long accused Pakistan of harboring Islamic militants that launch attacks in Indian Kashmir - has been targeted by the Taliban.

The government says the recent suicide bombings have fueled its determination to destroy Mehsud's network and end militancy in Pakistan. Washington strongly backs the military campaigns, which are seen as a test of the government's resolve after years of unfinished offensives and failed peace deals with militants.

Karachi, a teeming port city of more than 16 million and Pakistan's commercial hub, has long been a hotbed for Taliban and al-Qaida-linked groups that are believed to have staged bank robberies, kidnapping for ransom and other criminal activities to raise funds.

On Tuesday, police arrested five suspected Mehsud loyalists on the western outskirts of the city and recovered weapons and grenades. Earlier this month, police said they arrested a would-be suicide bomber allegedly linked to Mehsud

kill them all with extreme prejudice!

 

[yarmouk]

kill them all with extreme prejudice!

of course... That's why we sold Aafia Siddiqui, her children, Ambassador Zaeef, et al to the US. And that's why so many people 'go missing' anyway. No justice of course...I wonder if david klebold belonged to our country..."Kill 'em all"

 

[yarmouk]

yap, but geo tv is trying to make it mysterious, they said that they had send a team of its journalists on the spot , but they wernt able to find the location , where this fire fight happened.
they are trying to, make this incident looks extra judicial kilings!
thts very bad , journalizm.

are u a fan of fox news?

 

[A1Kaid]

kill them all with extreme prejudice!

This is a bit off topic, but about the legal rights of suspects and detainment of accused militants and terrorist...


"On July 7, 2008 the Daily Times of Pakistan quoted British journalist Yvonne Ridley that a Pakistani woman had been held in solitary confinement, for years, in the Bagram Theater internment facility [15] [16]. Her identity remains unconfirmed. She has been nicknamed the "gray lady of Bagram". However Ridley speculates that she is Aafia Siddiqui.

Moazzam Begg and several other former captives have reported that a female prisoner, prisoner 650, was held in Bagram.[16] According to The Daily Times and Adnkronos news service the former captives report she has lost her sanity, and cries all the time. Ridley wrote about Bagram's "Prisoner 650" and her ordeal of torture and repeatedly being raped for over four years. "The cries of (this) helpless woman echoed (with such torment) in the jail that (it) prompted prisoners to go on hunger strike." Ridley called her a "gray lady (because) she (was) almost a ghost, a spectre whose cries and screams continue to haunt those who heard her. This would never happen to a Western woman."

Iqbal Jaafree, a Pakistani lawyer, petitioned a Pakistani court for a hearing to determine Siddiqui's location."




Damn the traitors of this country and damn our enemies.

 

[Faruqi]

are u a fan of fox news?

It's very easy for you to dismiss people who make observations as "fans of fox news", however, he does make a valid point. Geo has been known to sensationalise, such as in the case of the police academy attack, where they grossly overestimated casualties. If you can't attempt to see both sides of the story, then you're almost as much of a lost cause as the dead suicide bombers.