Sunday, December 30, 2012

Pakistan Taliban Execute 21 Abducted Security Officers


Taliban Kills 21 Kidnapped Pakistani Soldiers:Oofficials -- Times of India/AFP

PESHAWAR: Taliban militants have shot dead 21 Pakistani soldiers who they had kidnapped in raids on two camps outside Peshawar in the troubled northwest of the country, officials said on Sunday.

Around 200 militants, armed with heavy weapons including mortars and rocket launchers, stormed the government paramilitary camps before dawn on Thursday, killing two security personnel and kidnapping 23.

Officials said the bodies of 21 security personnel had been discovered in the wilderness not far from the camps, their hands tied before they were shot. Two others -- one wounded and one unhurt -- were also found.

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More News On The Pakistani Taliban Executing 21 Security Officers

21 Pakistan Tribal Policemen Are Found Shot to Death -- New York Times/AP
Pakistan militants kill at least 20 kidnapped troops
-- BBC
21 Missing Pakistani Paramilitaries Found Shot Dead -- Voice of America
Taliban kill 21 kidnapped Pak soldiers -- The News
Kidnapped Pakistani Soldiers Found Shot Dead -- Radio Free Europe
With Peshawar under attack, Pakistan looks the other way -- Reuters

My Comment: I guess the Pakistani Taliban were not serious about this offer. On a side note .... this Pakistani politician now looks stupid.

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