10-24-2009, 02:46 AM
Nightwatch 10/22/09
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pakistan: Update. During this Watch, Bloomberg reported a suicide bombing near the Pakistan air force factory in the northwestern city of Kamra killed seven people. <b>This was the second attack on a military target in 24 hours.</b>
On 22 October, gunmen riding a motorbike ambushed a military jeep in Islamabad, assassinating a deputy chief of Army operations, Brigadier Moin Haider and his driver today, according to Pakistani and international media.  <b>The precision of this assassination is unusual.</b>
In the aftermath of the Brigadierâs murder, <b>authorities ordered illegal immigrants from Afghanistan to leave Islamabad within 72 hours, Dawn reported, citing a statement from Interior Minister Malik.</b> The attack occurred in <b>Sector G11/1, an area located near an illegal Afghan settlement in Islamabad.</b> Malik ordered door-to-door searches of five sectors of Islamabad, and checkpoints have also been set up for all roads leading into and out of Lahore, in addition to vehicle searches.
<b>The Pakistani Taliban offensive is achieving faster and more sensational headlines than the Army offensive in South Waziristan, where progress is slow.</b>
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pakistan: Update. During this Watch, Bloomberg reported a suicide bombing near the Pakistan air force factory in the northwestern city of Kamra killed seven people. <b>This was the second attack on a military target in 24 hours.</b>
On 22 October, gunmen riding a motorbike ambushed a military jeep in Islamabad, assassinating a deputy chief of Army operations, Brigadier Moin Haider and his driver today, according to Pakistani and international media.  <b>The precision of this assassination is unusual.</b>
In the aftermath of the Brigadierâs murder, <b>authorities ordered illegal immigrants from Afghanistan to leave Islamabad within 72 hours, Dawn reported, citing a statement from Interior Minister Malik.</b> The attack occurred in <b>Sector G11/1, an area located near an illegal Afghan settlement in Islamabad.</b> Malik ordered door-to-door searches of five sectors of Islamabad, and checkpoints have also been set up for all roads leading into and out of Lahore, in addition to vehicle searches.
<b>The Pakistani Taliban offensive is achieving faster and more sensational headlines than the Army offensive in South Waziristan, where progress is slow.</b>
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