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Troops end Taliban siege of Pak naval air base

12 killed in battle

Bbc Online
Pakistani troops have ended a siege by militants who attacked a naval base in the city of Karachi, navy sources say.
The troops are now said to be "mopping up" after the raid, which has left at least 12 soldiers dead.
The attackers were thought to have taken hostages after storming the base but officials later denied this. Some militants may still be in the compound.
The Pakistan Taliban says the raid was to avenge Osama Bin Laden's killing by US special forces on May 2.
"It was the revenge of martyrdom of Osama Bin Laden. It was the proof that we are still united and powerful," Ehsanullah Ehsan told Reuters news agency.
They have carried out several attacks since then.
The attack is similiar to a raid in October 2009 in which Taliban mili-
tants laid siege to the army headquarters in the garrison town of Rawalpindi, killing dozens.
The BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Islamabad says the Karachi incident will revive fears about the security of Pakistan's nuclear installations.
On Sunday evening at 2230 (1730 GMT), militants stormed three hangars housing aircraft at the Mehran naval aviation base, according to officials.
Their first targets were aircraft parked on the tarmac and equipment in nearby hangers, says the BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan at the scene.
Eyewitnesses say the militants used rocket-propelled grenades to damage and destroy several warplanes. These included the Pakistan navy's premier anti-submarine attack jet - the US-made P-3C Orion.
At least two of these multi-million dollar aircraft were set ablaze.
The gunmen then opened indis-
criminate fire, killing several naval personnel as they carried their raid into the heart of the base.
Subsequently, navy commandos and marines launched a counter-assault. Dozens of heavily armed army reinforcements also arrived to provide cover.
Some of the militants were killed, officials say.
There were reports that remaining gunmen took several officials including Chinese military personnel hostage inside a building, but these were subsequently denied by naval officials.
The officials said troops were now combing the base for any remaining militants but they had to be careful because of military aircraft on the site.
"Because of the presence of several assets on the base, the operation is being carried out in a cautious, smart way,” Irfan ul Haq told the Associated Press news agency.