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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Troops seize Fazlullah's base:</b> PESHAWAR, Nov 28 (AFP): Troops Wednesday captured the base of radical militant cleric Maulana Fazlullah in Swat Valley where nearly two weeks of clashes have killed around 250 militants, officials said. “Security forces entered Imam Dheri town, the main base of Maulana Fazlullah,” a provincial government spokesman told AFP.<b> The cleric controlled a huge complex in Imam Dheri including a mosque and a madrassa spread over two square kilometers</b>. Some 200 armed followers used to guard the complex prior to the recent clashes. The base, some eight kilometres from the valley's main town of Mingora, is in Kabal district, where most towns have fallen to the government in the past two days. Fazlullah’s whereabouts remain unknown. Security sources said the cleric's close aides had fled, including his spokesman, Maulana Sirajuddin. They quoted residents as saying they were seen heading for the mountains. (Posted @ 17:10 PST)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->