Another Al Qaeda Last Stand

This report is at odds with the previous post below: "Pakistan: Taliban war now threatens to reach beyond tribal areas".
However the interesting thing from this article is that while Pakistan claims to have killed about 1,000 Taliban in the past month or so, there is no mention of "innocent civilian causalities". Evidently, Pakistan has discovered the secret to killing terrorists hiding and operating in the midst of a civilian population.

On the other hand of course, Pakistani and global MSM news sources jump on any and every claim of NATO caused civilian deaths, true or not, and downplay or ignore deaths caused by Pakistani operations.

FROM STRATEGYPAGE.COM:

Another Al Qaeda Last Stand

September 29, 2008: The Taliban and their al Qaeda allies have been fighting a large, and losing, battle against the army in the Pakistani region of Bajaur (right on the Afghan border). The fighting has been going on for a month now, and the terrorists have lost about a thousand dead, while the army has lost only 27 dead. The large disparity in losses is largely due to the Pakistani use of air power (bombers and helicopters) and artillery. The army controls the roads, forcing the Taliban to concentrate their forces, to avoid getting taken apart by road (and helicopter) mobile Pakistani infantry.

The fighting began when the Taliban, who had always been dominant in Bajaur, sought to take over completely and drive government officials out. The army responded with over 10,000 troops, and more following, and went after the towns, villages and walled compounds known to be bases for the enemy. The Taliban did not expect the army to respond so energetically. But the Taliban had prepared ambushes along the roads (by renting houses, and digging tunnels and bunkers next to them for shelter from artillery and bombs). In response, the army detected these preparations (with air reconnaissance, patrols and local informants), and avoided, or destroyed, these positions.
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