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Pakistani brigadier, driver killed in shooting
Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:25am EDT
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Gunmen shot and killed a Pakistani army brigadier and his driver in the capital, Islamabad, Thursday as the military continued an offensive against Taliban targets, police said.
It was not clear who was responsible for the shooting, but it came as the country was on high alert for possible retaliatory strikes by militants while the army attacks their strongholds in South Waziristan on the Afghan border.
The offensive is a test of the government's determination to tackle Islamic fundamentalists, and the campaign is being closely followed by the U.S. and other powers embroiled in Afghanistan.
"It was an act of terrorism," said military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said of Brigadier Moin Haider's shooting.
"The purpose was to kill and make news."
Haider, whose rank is equivalent to a U.S. brigadier-general, one step below a full one-star general, is the second officer of that rank to be killed in less than two weeks following a commando-style raid on army headquarters in Rawalpindi.
A shopkeeper, Naveed Haider, said he saw a man running, his face covered with a yellow cloth, before he heard gunshots.
"A man with a motorbike was waiting for him on the street. He sat on it and they fled," the witness said. Police said Brig. Haider's driver was also killed and a bodyguard wounded.
Pakistani forces launched an offensive Saturday to take control of the lawless South Waziristan region after militants rocked the country with a string of bomb and suicide attacks, killing more than 150 people.
Analysts have warned of the possibility of more urban attacks as the militants are squeezed out of their strongholds, with the Taliban hoping bloodshed and disruption will cause the government and ordinary people to lose their appetite for the offensive.
Tuesday, two suicide bombers attacked an Islamic university in Islamabad, killing at least four people, and the next day authorities ordered schools and colleges to close across the country.
The order rattled stock market investors and the main index ended 3.36 percent lower at 9,247.78 Wednesday. The index was fractionally down again Thursday around midday (0600 GMT).
Remote and rugged South Waziristan, with its rocky mountains and patchy forests cut through by dry creeks and ravines, is a global hub for militants.
Foreign reporters are not allowed anywhere near the battle zone and it is dangerous even for Pakistani reporters to visit. Many of the Pakistani media based in South Waziristan have left.
About 28,000 soldiers are battling an estimated 10,000 hard-core Taliban, including about 1,000 tough Uzbek fighters and some Arab al Qaeda members. Continued...
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