Cleric, at least 50 others killed in Pakistan mosque battle
(Reuters) Updated: 2007-07-11 05:56

An aerial view of the Red Mosque (top) and the
Jamia Hafsa seminary during Operation Silence by Pakistani special forces in
Islamabad July 10, 2007. Pakistani forces stormed a mosque compound on Tuesday,
killing about 50 militants, as they fought their way through an Islamic school
were they believed a rebel cleric was hiding with women and children hostages. [Reuters]
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