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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Red Mosque Cleric Killed As Assault Ends Stand-Off

Siege Cleric Killed as Rebel Red Mosque falls

Last Updated: 16:37pm BST 10/07/2007

Abdul Rashid Ghazi ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: The chief cleric of the radical Red Mosque in Islamabad has been killed after Pakistani special forces launched a bloody assault on his compound.

The body of Abdul Rashid Ghazi (left), who earlier had predicted that his "martyrdom was certain", was discovered in a basement this afternoon.

Around fifty of his Islamist followers have also been killed in the offensive to reclaim the mosque, which the Pakistani authorities say is now 90 per cent complete.

Pakistani commandos stormed the mosque compound before dawn today in an attempt to end an eight-day stand-off between militants and the government...

Story continues at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/10/wpak410.xml

Posted by Paul Anderson at 12:55.24
Edited on: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:56.54
Categories: Counter-Terrorism, Emergency Services, Military