2007 timeline of the War in Waziristan

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The 2007 timeline of the War in Waziristan:

Contents 1 July 3-11: Lal Masjid siege 2 July 14-15: Attacks and end of truce 3 July 15-19: Waves of attack 4 July 20: Car bomb attack in Karachi averted 5 July 21 - September 2: Army moves into Waziristan 6 September - Present: Army garrisons Waziristan attacked 7 List of attacks 8 References

[edit] July 3-11: Lal Masjid siege

Main article: Lal Masjid siege

On July 3, 2007, the militant supporters of Lal Masjid and Pakistani security forces clashed in Islamabad after the students from the mosque attacked a nearby government ministry building. The Pakistani security forces immediately put up a siege around the mosque complex which lasted until July 11 and resulted in 109 deaths. This represented the main catalist for the conflict and eventual breakdown of the truce that existed between Pakistan and the Taliban in the nortwest. Already during the siege there were several attacks in Waziristan in retaliation for the siege.

[edit] July 14-15: Attacks and end of truce

At least 75 Pakistanis, including soldiers and police recruits, had died in three attacks on July 14 and July 15, 2007.

In a statement issued in Miranshah, the main town, the militants accused the government of breaking the agreement. "We are ending the agreement today," the Taleban Shura or Council said in pamphlets distributed in Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan. ^[1]

On July 14, 2007 a suicide bomber attacked a Pakistani Army convoy killed 26 soldiers and wounding 54. On July 15, 2007 two suicide bombers attacked another Pakistani Army convoy killing 16 soldiers and 5 civilians and wounding another 47 people. And in a separate incident a fourth suicide bomber attacked a police headquarters killing 28 police officers and recruits and wounding 35 people.^[2][3]

[edit] July 15-19: Waves of attack

From July 15 to 19, waves of attacks in Balochistan and NWFP killed over 200 people. On July 17, a suicide bomber hit a rally featuring the country's suspended chief justice in Pakistan's capital Islamabad killing 15 people and wounding 44. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was traveling to the rally and was about three miles away when the attacker struck near the stage set up for him.

[edit] July 20: Car bomb attack in Karachi averted

On July 20 panic gripped shoppers on Friday evening at a Clifton shopping mall in Karachi when a bomb was defused immediately after it had been found in a car parked in a nearby parking area. An anonymous caller informed the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee that a bomb was planted in the car parked near the Park Towers. The shopping mall was the venue of a Harry Potter book launch and was packed with shoppers. Investigators said that the car carrying the bomb had been stolen from the Ferozabad police limits on July 10 and it had 4 kilograms of explosives. The bomb disposal squad (BDS) defused the bomb as the BDS officials severed the wiring connecting the boxes with the car’s battery.^[4]

[edit] July 21 - September 2: Army moves into Waziristan

The Army moved large concentration of troops into Waziristan and had engaged in fierce clashes with militants in which at least 100 militants had been killed including wanted terrorist and former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Abdullah Mehsud.^[5] The militants also struck back in attacking Army convoys, security check points and sending suicide bombers which has killed over 50 soldiers and police and over 100 civilians. In one month of fighting during the period from July 24 to August 24 250 militants and 60 soldiers were killed. On September 2, just a few militants managed to ambush a 17-vehicle army convoy and captured an estimated 240 soldiers in it, without a shot being fired; an event that shocked the nation.^[6] Seven officers were among the captured. Following this, there has been widespread anger at the Pakistan Army within Pakistan.

[edit] September - Present: Army garrisons Waziristan attacked

The army garrisoned the areas and set up check points but the militants have hit hard overrunning many check points and kidnapping many soldiers in ambushes.^{[citation needed]}

On September 12, 2007, the first outpost was attacked and overrun by the Taliban resulting in the capture of 12 Pakistani soldiers.^{[citation needed]}

The next day on September 13, 2007, a suicide bomber in Ghazi Tarbela attacked a Pakistani army base, destroying the main mess hall and killing 20 members of the Karar commando group; Pakistan's most elite army unit. Another 29 soldiers were wounded.^{[citation needed]}

A series of attacks ensued and by September 20, 2007 a total of five Pakistani Army military outposts had been overrun and more than 25 soldiers captured.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] List of attacks

Date	Location of attack	Mechanism of attack	Primary target	Number of killed & wounded
July 4, 2007	North West Frontier Province	Suicide bomber	Army convoy	6 soldiers and 4 civilians are killed.[7]
July 4, 2007	Peshawar, NWFP	Ambush	Police patrol	4 police officers are killed.[7]
July 6, 2007	Chakdara, Swat district, NWFP	Suicide bomber	Army	4 soldiers are killed.[7]
July 8, 2007	Charsadda, NWFP	Ambush	Chinese workers	3 Chinese workers are killed.[8]
July 10, 2007	Kohat district, NWFP	Bomb attack	Police patrol	1 police officer is killed.[7]
July 12, 2007	North Waziristan, FATA	Two suicide bombers	Police and army	4 police officers and 5 civilians are killed.[9][7]
July 12, 2007	North Waziristan, FATA	Suicide bomber	Local administrator	2 civilians are killed.[10][7]
July 13, 2007	Miranshah, North Waziristan, FATA	Ambush	Pro-government tribal chiefs	3 civilians are killed.[7]
July 14, 2007	North Waziristan, FATA	Suicide bomber	Army convoy	26 soldiers are killed and 54 are wounded.[11]
July 15, 2007	Mingora, Swat district, NWFP	Two suicide bombers and a roadside bomb	Military convoy	13 soldiers and 5 civilians are killed and 47 are wounded.[11]
July 15, 2007	Dera Ismail Khan, NWFP	Suicide bomber	Police recruitment center	28 police officers and recruits are killed.[12]
July 17, 2007	Islamabad, ICT	Suicide bomber	Chief Justice convention at the F-8 Markaz	17 civilians are killed and 40 wounded.[13]
July 17, 2007	Mirali, North Waziristan, FATA	Suicide bomber	Security checkpoint	3 soldiers and 1 civilian are killed and two wounded.[14]
July 18, 2007	North Waziristan, FATA	Ambush	Military convoy	17 soldiers and 12 militants are killed. Five additional militants killed in a separate incident.[15]
July 19, 2007	Hangu District, NWFP	Suicide bomber	Police academy	6 police officers and 1 civilian are killed.[16]
July 19, 2007	Hub, Baluchistan	Suicide bomber	Convoy of Chinese engineers	7 police officers and 23 civilians are killed and 30 are wounded.[17]
July 19, 2007	Kohat, NWFP	Suicide bomber	Mosque in an army camp	18 killed and 19 wounded, mostly military personnel, 3 children among the dead.[18][19]
July 22, 2007	North Waziristan, FATA	Ambush	Military convoy	11 Soldiers Wounded and 19 Militants killed.[20]
July 23, 2007	North Waziristan, FATA	Clash	Military check posts	2 Soldiers are killed and 7 are wounded and 35 Militants killed.[21]
July 24, 2007	Bannu, NWFP	Rocket attack	Mosque and adjacent houses	14 civilians are killed and 33 are wounded. 7 Police officers are wounded.[22]
July 25, 2007	Tunga, South Waziristan	Rocket attack	Security check-post	1 soldier killed and 2 wounded.[23]
July 27, 2007	Islamabad, Pakistan	Suicide bomber	Muzaffar Hotel near the Red mosque	14 people killed, including 8 policemen.[24]
July 30, 2007	North Waziristan, FATA	Helicopter gunship attack & Road side bomb	Army Convoy	3 soldiers are killed and 5 are wounded. 4 Militants are also killed.[25]
July 31, 2007	North Waziristan, FATA	Helicopter gunship attack	Army Check post	18 Militants are killed by Helicopter Gunships.[26]
August 02, 2007	Sargodha, Punjab	Attempted suicide bombing	Police training Center	1 Militant and 1 Police officer killed.[27]
August 03, 2007	Oblanki, NWFP	Shootout	Army Check post	4 Soldiers and 10 Militants killed.[28]
August 03, 2007	Parachinar, NWFP	Suicide car bomber	Bus Station	12 Civilians killed and 35 injured.[29]
August 06, 2007	Kohat Road , Peshawar, NWFP	Remote Controlled Bomb	PAf Airbase	Two injured, Squadron Leader Mushtaq, driver Zain Khan and an unidentified child.[30]
August 07, 2007	Degan, North Waziristan, NWFP	Helicopter Gunship attack	Militant compound	At least 15 militants killed.[31]
August 16, 2007	North Waziristan, NWFP	Ambush	Army convoy	At least 19 militants and 10 soldiers killed.[32]
August 18, 2007	North Waziristan, NWFP	Rocket and gun attack	Army Check post	2 Soldiers killed.[33]
August 18, 2007	Tank, North Waziristan, NWFP	Suicide car bomber	Army convoy	5 Soldiers wounded.[34]
August 19, 2007	Thal, North Waziristan, NWFP	Suicide car bomber	Army post	At least 3 soldiers killed.
August 19, 2007	North Waziristan, NWFP	Helicopter Gunship attack	Militant compounds	At least 15 militants and 5 civilians killed.[35]
August 22, 2007	Bannu, North Waziristan, NWFP	Gun and rocket attack	Army checkpoint	At least 4 soldiers and 3 militants killed.[36]
August 24, 2007	Miran Shah, North Waziristan, NWFP	Suicide car bomber	Army convoy	5 soldiers killed.[37]
August 24, 2007	North Waziristan, NWFP	Roadside bomb	Army convoy	1 soldier killed.[38]
August 27, 2007	South Waziristan, NWFP	Beheading	Hostages	1 soldier killed.[39]
September 2, 2007	Shawangi, North Waziristan	Ambush	Army convoy	280 soldiers captured.[40]
September 3, 2007	Rawalpindi, Pakistan	Two Suicide Bombings	Ministry of Defense bus and Commercial Market	19 Soldiers and 12 Civilians killed.[41]
September 12, 2007	NWFP	Clashes	Outpost (overrun)	12 Soldiers captured.
September 13, 2007	South Waziristan, Pakistan	Clashes	Militant hideouts	2 Soldiers killed and 8 wounded. 50 Militants killed[42]
September 13, 2007	Ghazi Tarbela, NWFP	Suicide Bombing	Army Mess Hall	20 Soldiers killed[43]
September 14, 2007	NWFP	Clashes	Outpost (overrun)	6 Soldiers captured.[44]
September 16, 2007	NWFP	Clashes	Outpost	2 Soldiers killed and 5 wounded.
September 17, 2007	NWFP	Clashes	Outpost (overrun)	16 Soldiers and 18 militants killed.[45]
September 18, 2007	NWFP	Clashes	Outpost (overrun)	2 Soldiers captured.[46]
September 19, 2007	Tall town, NWFP	Clashes	Outpost (overrun)	7 Soldiers captured.[47]
October 1, 2007	Bannu	Suicide Bombing	Military convoy	4 policemen and 11 civilians killed.[48]
October 1, 2007	Bannu, NWFP	Clashes	Outpost (overrun)	33 soldiers captured.[49]
October 2, 2007	Bannu, NWFP	Rescue operation of captured soldiers	Militant hideout	2 soldiers and 15 militants killed and 9 soldiers rescued.[50]
October 4, 2007	Spin Wam	Clashes	Outpost (overrun)	28 soldiers captured.[51]
October 7, 2007	North Waziristan, NWFP	Battle of Mir Ali	Militant bases, convoy	45 Soldiers, 150 Militants and 10 civilians killed and 13 soldiers missing
December 6, 2007	Swat, NWFP	Re-capturing Swat	Militant bases	15 Soldiers, 250 Militants and 30 civilians killed.[52]
December 12, 2007	North Waziristan, NWFP	Ambush	Military Convoy	6 Soldiers killed and 15 Militants killed.[53]

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