Chana3812
08-30-2006, 07:46 PM
YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE STORIES LIKE THIS. Sad, but true.
Militants behead 2 men in Pakistan
POSTED: 2:05 p.m. EDT, August 30, 2006
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/pakistan.beheadings.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) -- Militants decapitated an Islamic cleric and an Afghan refugee accused of spying for U.S. and Afghan authorities in northwestern Pakistan, an intelligence official said Wednesday.
The men's beheaded bodies were found early Wednesday in two villages near Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan, the official said on condition of anonymity because of the secretive nature of his work.
Notes written in the local Pashtu language were left on the bodies accusing the men of being spies for the U.S. and Afghanistan, he said.
The cleric was an Afghan identified as 45-year-old Noor Wali. His body and severed head were dumped next to each other on a roadside in Khati Khel, a village near Miran Shah, the official said.
The body of the Afghan refugee, identified as Hak Nawaz, was found in Darpakhel village, on Miran Shah's western outskirts. Militants had cut off his head and placed it on his chest, leaving a note saying "this is a gift for Karzai," referring to Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, according to the official.
In neighboring South Waziristan, the 15-year-old brother of local BBC reporter Dilawar Wazir was kidnapped on Tuesday after leaving home for school and shot to death. Taimor Khan's body was dumped in the same area, a correspondent for the broadcaster and a security official said.
The motive for the attack in South Waziristan's main town, Wana, was unclear, but Wazir had previously received threats from unidentified pro-Taliban local Islamic militants who believed he was "writing stories against them," said the security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was unauthorized to speak to the media.
Zafar Abbas, BBC's senior correspondent in the capital, Islamabad, confirmed the killing of Wazir's brother. Wazir works for BBC's Urdu service.
The bullet-riddled body of an Afghan refugee was found in North Waziristan on Monday with a note attached also accusing him of spying for the United States.
Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants and pro-Taliban tribal militants have been blamed for killing scores of tribesmen accused of spying or collaborating with Pakistani authorities in the volatile North and adjoining South Waziristan region.
Pakistan, a U.S. ally in the fight against terrorism, has deployed about 80,000 troops along its border with Afghanistan to track down militants.
Militants behead 2 men in Pakistan
POSTED: 2:05 p.m. EDT, August 30, 2006
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/pakistan.beheadings.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) -- Militants decapitated an Islamic cleric and an Afghan refugee accused of spying for U.S. and Afghan authorities in northwestern Pakistan, an intelligence official said Wednesday.
The men's beheaded bodies were found early Wednesday in two villages near Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan, the official said on condition of anonymity because of the secretive nature of his work.
Notes written in the local Pashtu language were left on the bodies accusing the men of being spies for the U.S. and Afghanistan, he said.
The cleric was an Afghan identified as 45-year-old Noor Wali. His body and severed head were dumped next to each other on a roadside in Khati Khel, a village near Miran Shah, the official said.
The body of the Afghan refugee, identified as Hak Nawaz, was found in Darpakhel village, on Miran Shah's western outskirts. Militants had cut off his head and placed it on his chest, leaving a note saying "this is a gift for Karzai," referring to Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, according to the official.
In neighboring South Waziristan, the 15-year-old brother of local BBC reporter Dilawar Wazir was kidnapped on Tuesday after leaving home for school and shot to death. Taimor Khan's body was dumped in the same area, a correspondent for the broadcaster and a security official said.
The motive for the attack in South Waziristan's main town, Wana, was unclear, but Wazir had previously received threats from unidentified pro-Taliban local Islamic militants who believed he was "writing stories against them," said the security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was unauthorized to speak to the media.
Zafar Abbas, BBC's senior correspondent in the capital, Islamabad, confirmed the killing of Wazir's brother. Wazir works for BBC's Urdu service.
The bullet-riddled body of an Afghan refugee was found in North Waziristan on Monday with a note attached also accusing him of spying for the United States.
Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants and pro-Taliban tribal militants have been blamed for killing scores of tribesmen accused of spying or collaborating with Pakistani authorities in the volatile North and adjoining South Waziristan region.
Pakistan, a U.S. ally in the fight against terrorism, has deployed about 80,000 troops along its border with Afghanistan to track down militants.