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12 Nato supplies containers torched, driver killed in Pakistan
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by hussain | April 11, 2009 at 07:43 pm
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At least 12 more containers of Nato supplies were torched while a driver was shot dead and two cleaners injured when armed men attacked two parking lots on Ring Road near Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province, in an attack by militants Sunday morning. Besides efforts to contain fire at the terminal, exchange of fire between police and militants also occurred. Earlier, the militants also thrashed the guard of the terminal.
PESHAWAR: Unknown militants have, yet another time, carried out rocket attack on Nato supply terminal which erupted fire engulfing terminal, located on Ring Road here early on Sunday, Geo news reported.
According to sources, unknown militants fired many rockets on Nato supply terminal and devastated several Nato vehicles coupled with torching at least ten containers laden with Nato supply while firefighters have been dispatched to the crime scene to bring fire under control.
The intensity of fire forced for ask of more fire tenders while rescue efforts are underway, firefighting sources said.
Exchange of fire between police and offenders are underway, sources added.
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at 02:17 on April 12th, 2009
I have been wondering how many such supplies had weapons and ammunition that would have been used to kill civilians in Pakistan and Afghanistan by the NATO's indiscriminate attacks who dont care if its a civilian or a millitant. the ratio of civilian mass murder vs taliban stands at over 10 to 1. so every supply burned means hundreds of civilian lives saved from the trigger happy US forces
at 07:47 on April 12th, 2009
You are right Amaad. The war is expanding with every passing day and people of Pakistan are extremely tense as now two provinces of Pakistan -- North West Frontier Province and Balochistan -- as well as tribal areas are burning with civilians being the major sufferers because the economy is also being badly hit by the mad unrest amid the global recession. One thing now seems clear that Pakistan is being victimised for being the sole nuclear state among over four dozen Islamic countries and it becoming clearer now that the so-called war on terror is in fact 'war on Pakistan'. Let's see what happens because the Pakistani rulers seem in no mood to confront the enemies of the country, who are not only harming the country but also blackmailing it so that fingers are not pointed to them.