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Pakistani commandos regained control of a naval base May 23 from a team of Taliban militants who attacked then occupied the high-security facility for 18 hours -- an audacious act of insurgent violence that dealt a humiliating blow to the military.

The attackers destroyed two U.S.-supplied surveillance planes and killed 12 security officers. At least four of the attackers were killed.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault in Karachi. The militants said it was revenge for the May 2 raid by U.S. Navy SEALs that killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, and the insurgents were under orders to fight to the death.

"They do not want to come out alive, they have gone there to embrace martyrdom," spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan said.

Between four to six insurgents armed with grenades, rockets and automatic weapons stormed Naval Station Mehran under cover of darkness May 22, using ladders to get into the facility, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.

タリバン、パキスタン軍基地襲撃

イスラム武装勢力タリバンは5月22日、パキスタン南部の海軍基地を襲撃し、一時同基地内に立てこもった。

Shukan ST: June 3, 2011

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