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<b>Militancy will be crushed with force, vows Musharraf</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->“We will crush militancy with force and no one will be allowed to challenge the writ of the government,” Gen Musharraf said in his address at a seminar on ‘Security in South Asia in the Non-Traditional Spheres and Human Security’ on Tuesday. He added that the targeting of the training camp was a manifestation of the government’s resolve to crush militants.

“Anyone who says that they were innocent people are telling lies. The compound was being used for training of militants,” Gen Musharraf said.<b> “They were being monitored for the last seven days. We knew exactly who they are, what they are doing. They were all militants, using weapons, doing military training within the compound.”</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<b>US drone fired at seminary</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->WASHINGTON: Eyewitnesses saw a US Predator drone fire three missiles at the madrassa in Bajaur Agency that was destroyed on Monday, casting doubts on the government’s claim that the airstrike was carried out solely by the Pakistani military, according to a report by news analysis service Stratfor. The report says the airstrike could have been meant to kill Al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri, but Pakistani security officials told journalists in Islamabad that Zawahiri was not in the madrassa at the time of the raid, though he had visited it in the past. staff report<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->