Top warrior dies in Pakistani raid

[dArKeR]

REUTERS , WANA, PAKISTAN
Saturday, Jun 19, 2004,Page 5

Pakistani forces killed a top tribal warrior and four comrades in overnight raids on a mud compound in a remote tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said yesterday.

Nek Mohammad, who protected al-Qaeda-linked foreign militants in the semi-autonomous South Waziristan tribal belt, was killed near the region's main town of Wana, 400km southwest of Islamabad, an intelligence official said requesting anonymity.

Military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan said the military attacked Mohammad's hideout overnight after receiving reports that he had taken refuge there.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/06/19/2003175693

'Nek Mohammad' doesn't show up in the DU search. Not sure if this is a new 'kill' or a yesterdays 'kill'.

[Fovea]

1. A great leap forward for stability.

You should always kill poplar tribal leaders. That discourages acts of revenge.
/sarcasm

[daleo]

2. Off topic, but a mud compound makes me think of Elbonia, in Dilbert

n/t