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The Pakistani Military is starting to fight back against the Taliban. They're already using jets to bomb suspected Taliban military targets. All the while, hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing the area. Additionally, there are thousands MORE who want to leave, but can't...
"We want to leave the city, but we cannot go out because of the fighting," said one resident, Hidayat Ullah. "We will be killed, our children will be killed, our women will be killed and these Taliban will escape."
The Taliban are reportedly keeping tens of thousands of people trapped in one small city, probably to use them as human shields, as protection from the army...
Is this waking anyone up?
SRC: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090508/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan
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