Cheers, Ken Hanly
----- Original Message ----- From: <rhisiart at earthlink.net> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 2:59 AM Subject: Re: rebellion in Pakistan
> is there a source site for this ken, please?
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> R
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> At 09:52 PM 10/30/2001, you wrote:
> >It just may be that some areas of Pakistan may come under control of
> >pro-taliban groups it would seem.
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> >Cheers, Ken Hanly
> >
> > Pak Taliban supporters seize northern town
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> >ESHAWAR: Hundreds of armed pro-Taliban Pakistanis have seized a remote
> >northern town demanding the government to stop supporting the US-led
strikes
> >on Afghanistan, witnesses said.
> >
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> >The rebels, armed with rocket launchers, Kalashnikov assault rifles,
> >handmade guns and swords, took over most government offices in Chilas
about
> >350 km northeast of Peshawar on Sunday.
> >
> >Pro-Taliban Pakistanis, meanwhile, continued their control of a portion
of
> >the key Karakoram highway for the fourth consecutive day severing
northern
> >Pakistan's links with its mighty neighbour China.
> >
> >The Pakistani interior ministry said that troops were being sent to oust
the
> >rebels from the mountainous town and open the road.
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> >The 1,200-km Karakoram highway was built along the ancient Silk Road that
> >linked Asia with the west and connects Pakistan with Kashgar in China's
> >northwestern Xinjiang region. It is a major trade link between Pakistan
and
> >China, though the Chinese all but sealed it after the September 11
attacks.
> >
> >Hardline Muslims, specially those living along Pakistan's border with
> >Afghanistan, are outraged by the government' decision to help the US in
its
> >war on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.
> >( AP )
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