BARA/LANDIKOTAL, Pakistan, (The News): Retaliating to a suicide attack in Jamrud targeting an Afghanistan-bound convoy taking supplies for the Nato forces, security forces used gunship helicopters to pound militants’ hideouts in Khyber and Orakzai agencies on Friday, killing 52 people.
Khyber Agency’s Political Agent Tariq Hayat Khan claimed that 52 militants were killed in bombing on Chapri Ferozkhel in Khyber and Serai border areas in the adjoining Orakzai Agency. However, no evidence was provided about the deaths of such a large number of militants.
On their part, the Taliban militants refuted the claim and conceded the death of only one of their men, Shakir, belonging to the Shalobar Afridi sub-tribe. Taliban commander Nazeer Afridi also denied the government claim. He told The News that the figure of the militants’ death was exaggerated.
However, Tariq Hayat insisted that besides killing 52 militants, a huge ammunition cache and about eight vehicles were also destroyed during the air attack by the Army helicopters. He said the vehicle used in the Jamrud Tedi Bazaar suicide attack was prepared by the militants in Sapari area and the authorities had the information that besides an important commander, a number of militants were hiding there.
Another security official also said that the Frontier Corps troops targeted five hideouts of the militants in Chapri Ferozekhel area of the Khyber Agency, killing 52 of them besides destroying their vehicles. The casualty figure, however, could not be verified from independent sources.
There were reports that an activist of the Bara-based militant organisation, Lashkar-e-Islam, was killed and its two hideouts were destroyed in the gunship helicopter strikes. The LI volunteers were coming from Tirah Valley when they were targeted by the gunship helicopters, killing one of them, Shakir, of Shalobar, and damaging their two vehicles in the Mumanray area.
Earlier, a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-packed Toyota Surf near a checkpoint in Tedi Bazaar of the Khyber Agency, injuring six people, including two students and a member of the security forces.
The suicide attacker blew up his vehicle near a checkpoint of the Khassadar force on the Pak-Afghan Highway through which supplies for the Nato forces in Afghanistan pass.The suicide bomber exploded his Toyota Surf when he was signalled by security forces personnel to stop. The explosion was so intense that doors and windowpanes of the nearby shops and houses were smashed by its impact while a scared driver coming from the opposite side lost control of his trailer that plunged into a seasonal stream along the road.
Limbs of the suicide bomber were found scattered in an area of 200 metres. The injured, all residents of Jamrud, were identified as Ghulam Hayat, Taj Muhammad, Shakeel, Ahmed Raghib, Fahim Ullah and Zohaib.
They were rushed to the Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar, where their condition was stated to be stable. Assistant Political Agent, Jamrud, Fida Muhammad Bangash, told newsmen that there were reports that a suicide bomber was assigned to target the members of the Army Engineers Corps working on the bridge blown up by the local Taliban a couple of days ago in the Ali Masjid area.
The APA said parts of the body of the suicide bomber had been sent for the DNA test and investigations into the incident were underway. A convoy carrying supplies for the Nato and the US forces in Afghanistan and passenger coaches remained stuck for hours on the road due to the suicide attack and hundreds of passengers, including women and children, suffered.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Pakistan: 52 militants killed as ’copters pound hideouts in Khyber
A poem
In this life we have a great job to do; (http://www.islamicpoetry.org/viewpoem176.htm) This poem is so inspirational. I wish I could write as well as this writer.
USA
It is a trial for us and we're just passing through.
The Holy Qur'an will always be our Guide:
It is ALLAH's Final Revelation that we must abide.
We constantly combat wrong and strive for Right...
We're champions of the oppressed, in a worldwide fight!
Working together to establish our place;
Falsehood, ignorance, and poverty we will erase!
Let us build model communities throughout the land...
Our descendants will know we followed ALLAH's Command.
We will produce from ALLAH's Earth our material share:
Don't give us things such as food stamps and welfare!
Our Islamic communities will produce everything we need...
May ALLAH bless us with faith, patience, and perseverance to succeed!
Trinity Explained.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Wearable Japenese Space Toilet
LG GD910, LG’s touchscreen watch phone
LG has come up with a cool new gadget- a wrist watch phone. Suprisingly the phone is packed with things you wouldnt expect. "There’s a pretty low-grade camera but its 3G HSDPA compatibility, 1.43” touchscreen, MP3 player and text to speech functionality makes it a decent phone and a pretty hot watch"
Zap UV toothbrush sanitizer
There are probably thousands of germs on your bathroom sink, and leaving your toothbrush out on your sink is often the only option for storage. The Zap UV Toothbrush Sanitizer is a way to keep your toothbrush clean, and keep germs away. "The egg-shaped Zapi UV Toothbrush Sanitizer has a germicidal UV light inside to kill the germs on your toothbrush. But while it’s doing that, it’s sure to keep you entertained- the Zapi literally rocks about while the internal ultraviolet light kills 99.9% of all germs on your toothbrush."
AeroPonics Accelerated Indoor Garden Gagdet
This is a gadget that allows you to grow plants in the comfort of your own home. You can grow cherry tomatoes, herbs, chili peppers,and cultivate lettuce. This kit includes pre-seeded growth medium, fertilizer, two daylight-spectrum bulbs and the grow pod itself. the plants start growing within 24 hours and the AeroGarden system alerts you when the plants need watering of nutrients