Taliban bombing kills 20 troops in Pakistan

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By IJAZ MOHAMMED and REBECCA SANTANA

BANNU, Pakistan (AP) - A Taliban bombing inside an army compound in northwest Pakistan killed at least 20 troops Sunday, officials and militants said, in one of the deadliest attacks to target the country's forces as they battle insurgents in its volatile frontier.

The blast targeted a vehicle in a convoy about to leave a military base in the town of Bannu and drive west to the North Waziristan tribal area, police official Inyat Ali Khan said. Pakistan's military said the blast wounded 30 troops.

The Taliban claimed the attack and called it a suicide bombing. Military officials said the blast came from an explosive planted in the vehicle, hired by the paramilitary Frontier Corps. While the army has its own transport vehicles, the paramilitary forces often hire vehicles when they need to move troops in large numbers.

A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, Shahidullah Shahid, told The Associated Press by telephone that the attack had been carried out to avenge the death of Waliur Rehman, the group's former second in command. He was killed last year in a U.S. drone strike.

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[Turbineguy]

1. Sounds like

the Taliban is finished again.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. 20 American Soldiers

Human beings died over bullshit. It's all bullshit in the Middle East.

[cosmicone]

3. The dead were Pakistani paramilitary soldiers

... not that their lives are worth less than American lives but Pakistani military is now paying the price of starting and funding the Taliban in a madman's zeal to control Afghanistan in its "strategic depth" strategy.

Condolences to the families of the lost soldiers and hopefully, Pakistani military higher-ups will now destroy Taliban to the glee of the world. They have the men and the assets to do it -- just lack the will.