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.

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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