Pakistan attack on 'war' supplies
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
Source: BBC More than 60 lorries supplying Western forces in Afghanistan have been set on fire in a suspected militant attack in north-west Pakistan, police say. One report said the lorries were laden with Humvee vehicles. "They fired rockets, hurled hand grenades and then set ablaze 96 trucks," Reuters news agency quoted a police officer, Azeem Khan, as saying. Another report said 62 lorries had been set on fire. Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7769758.stm I don't know about the discrepency in the vehicle count...either way, that is quite a strike.
Taliban storm two Peshawar trucking terminals, 160 NATO vehicles torched
The Long War Journal —
... Taliban fighters then fired rocket propelled grenades into the compound and proceeded to set fire to the NATO vehicles parked inside. "There were dozens of them. They started firing, they used rockets, causing a lot of damage," the manager of the shipping terminal told the Associated Press. ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/7/2008
Gates of Vienna —
... Militants Torch Afghan Supplies Trucks and Humvees destroyed in the attack [video] More than 90 lorries supplying Western forces in Afghanistan have been set on fire in a suspected militant attack in north-west Pakistan, police say. Police said at least one person was killed as more than 250 gunmen using rockets overpowered the guards at a terminal near the city of Peshawar. Some of the lorries were laden with Humvee armoured vehicles. There have been a series of attacks on convoys ...



