Militants Attack NATO Supply Terminal in Pakistan

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Source: Associated Press

Militants attack NATO supply terminal in Pakistan
By RIAZ KHAN (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
March 28, 2009 2:03 AM EDT
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Dozens of suspected militants fired rockets early Saturday at a transport terminal in northwest Pakistan that is used to ship supplies to NATO troops based in Afghanistan, police said.

At least 12 shipping containers were damaged in the attack at the Farhad terminal in Peshawar, capital of troubled North West Frontier Province, local police official Zahur Khan told The Associated Press. He said police opened fire at the insurgents but they managed to flee. The attack came less than a day after a suicide bomber blew up in a packed mosque in the Khyber tribal region, killing 48 people and wounding scores more in the worst attack to hit Pakistan this year.

Afghan-based U.S. and NATO forces get up to 75 percent of their supplies via routes that pass through Pakistan's Khyber region and a southwestern Chaman border crossing - areas where Taliban militants are believed to be operating. Islamic militants were suspected in Friday's deadly mosque attack, apparently to avenge recent military operations in the area aimed at protecting the NATO supply route, authorities said.

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Several security officers were also killed in Friday's attack, which came hours before President Barack Obama unveiled a revised strategy to "disrupt, defeat and dismantle" the al-Qaida terrorist organization and the Taliban militants operating in Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan. Afghan and Pakistani officials praised Obama's emphasis on civilian aid to their countries, saying it would be an effective way to deal with the growing militant violence.

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1. trouble rumbles on

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