Taliban Official Calls For 'War' In Pakistan

Team Infidel

Forum Spin Doctor
USA Today
August 13, 2008
Pg. 5


The Pakistani Taliban declared "open war" Tuesday in response to military offensives in the northwest, saying it staged a bombing that destroyed an air force truck. The blast in Peshawar, the main city along the border with Afghanistan, killed 14 people, most of them air force personnel, said Mian Iftikhar Hussain, a provincial government spokesman. A 5-year-old girl in a nearby vehicle was among those killed, Peshawar police officer Nisar Khan said.
"It is an open war between us and them," Pakistani Taliban spokesman Maulvi Umar told The Associated Press. "If these kinds of operations continue against us in Swat and in the tribal areas, we will continue this," Umar said.
Earlier in the day, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said the country would not yield in its attempts to end militancy in its frontier areas. "It is our firm resolve that we will root out terrorism from Pakistan," he said.
 
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