Musharraf: 300 foreign militants killed

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Source: Associated Press

Musharraf: 300 foreign militants killed

By STEPHEN GRAHAM, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 1 minute ago

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Thursday
that tribesmen have killed about 300 foreign militants during a weekslong
offensive near the Afghan border and acknowledged for first time that
they received military support.

The fighting that began last month in South Waziristan has targeted
mainly Uzbek militants with links to al-Qaida who have sheltered in the
tribal region since escaping the U.S.-led invasion of
Afghanistan in late 2001.

"The people of South Waziristan now have risen against the foreigners.
They have killed about 300 of them, and they got support from the
Pakistan army. They asked for support," Musharraf said in a speech at
a military conference in Islamabad.

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Musharraf's numbers were far higher than those given by Pakistani army
officials to journalists on a trip to South Waziristan on Wednesday.
They said that between 150 and 230 militants had died in the fighting,
along with about 40 tribesmen.

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