Tribesmen Held as Troops Pursue Al Qaeda
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From Times Wire Reports
Suspected Al Qaeda terrorists eluded Pakistani troops during a manhunt in a remote mountain region near the Afghan border, but security forces detained 28 Wazir tribesmen, officials said.
After the raid ended, four paramilitary rangers were killed when a rocket hit their base camp in Wana, the administrative center of the semiautonomous South Waziristan tribal area, said Gen. Shaukat Sultan, an army spokesman.
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