Pakistani Troops Kill 80 Suspected Militants

巴军打死八十激进分子嫌疑人

Pakistan's military says its helicopter gunships have destroyed a suspected terrorist training facility near the border with Afghanistan, killing up to 80 militants. The chief military spokesman says Monday's early-morning raid in the Bajaur tribal region targeted an Islamic school where militants were being trained. The Islamic school was operated by a Muslim cleric wanted in Pakistan for terrorist activities and for providing refuge to al-Qaida militants. The spokesman dismissed claims that the air strike killed innocent civilians.

The same Pakistani border area is close to a village attacked earlier this year by U.S. forces based in Afghanistan. That airstrike was aimed at killing al-Qaida's second-in-command, but he was not present at the time. Monday's assault by Pakistani forces follows a rally in the same area on Saturday, by thousands of militants shouting anti-American slogans.

巴基斯坦军方说，它的攻击直升机在与阿富汗交界的地方摧毁了一个怀疑是恐怖分子训练基地的设施，打死了80名激进分子嫌疑人。巴基斯坦军方首席发言人说，星期一早上在巴蕉尔部落地区的袭击目标是一所激进分子受训的伊斯兰学校。这所伊斯兰学校是一名被巴基斯坦通缉的穆斯林神职人员经营的。这名穆斯林神职人员因与恐怖活动有关联和庇护基地恐怖分子在巴基斯坦受到通缉。军方发言人否认有关空袭炸死了无辜平民的说法。

巴基斯坦这一边境地区靠近一座今年早些时候被驻阿富汗美军袭击过的村庄。美军那次袭击行动的目的是消灭基地组织的二号人物，不过他当时并没有在村子里。巴基斯坦军队星期一的袭击行动之前，这个地区在星期六时曾经举行过集会，参加集会的数千名激进分子呼喊反美口号。