Pakistan Civil War News Updates -- August 12, 2009

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Militant Clashes Kill At Least 70 In NW Pakistan -- Yahoo News/AP

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – Clashes between Taliban militants and a pro-government group in northwestern Pakistan's tribal belt on Wednesday have left at least 70 fighters dead, two intelligence officials and a militant commander said.

Turkistan Bitani, a tribal warlord allied with the government, claimed Taliban militants attacked his men in the Jandola area, just outside the stronghold of Taliban leader Baitulah Mehsid in South Waziristan.

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46 militants arrested in NW Pakistan -- China View
Pakistan Taliban Burning Schools to Face New Assault -- Bloomberg
U.S. Strikes Mehsud's Stronghold In Pakistan -- Washington Post
14 dead in Pakistan in suspected drone strike -- CNN
Pakistan: US Missile Strike Kills 10 Militants -- Voice of America
CIA had Obama's nod to hit Mehsud: Report -- Times Of India
Targeted killings inside Pakistan;are they working? -- Reuters
Use of drones in Pakistan and Afghanistan: deadly, but legal? -- Christian Science Monitor
Pakistan accuses Pervez Musharraf of illegally detaining judges in 2007 -- L.A. Times
Pakistan Files Criminal Case Against Musharraf -- Wall Street Journal
Pakistan: Musharraf Faces Arrest Upon Return -- Voice of America
Article Points to Risk of Seizure of Pakistani Nuclear Materials -- New York Times
U.S. Official: Pakistan Nuclear Facilities Attacked Three Times by Terrorists -- FOX News
Pak goes ballistic about report on nuclear complex attacks -- Times of India
Pakistan's nuclear bases targeted by al-Qaeda -- The Telegraph
Terrorists 'have attacked Pakistan nuclear sites three times' -- Times Online

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