17 troops killed in bombing on Afghanistan-Pakistan border; Separate bombing kills dozens of civilians
{{date|July 19, 2007}}
[[Image:Pakistan-Waziristan-Map.png|right|190px|thumb|Map showing location of North and South Waziristan in northern Pakistan and bordering on Afghanistan.]]
At least 17 Pakistani troops were killed Thursday when their convoy was bombed and attacked by [[w:al-Qaeda|al-Qaeda]] militants on the [[Afghanistan]]-[[Pakistan]] border in North Waziristan, and the U.S. says that they may attack targets inside Pakistan, if they see them as being "actionable."

"We never take options off the table, and if we find actionable targets, we're going to hit them. [Terrorist hideouts are] something that's absolutely going to have to be addressed. There's no doubt that more aggressive steps need to be taken [against the terrorists]," said [[w:Tony Snow|Tony Snow]], the [[w:White House|White House]]'s Press Secretary, during a press conference today.

The U.S. believes that terrorists, who are loyal to al-Qaeda's leader [[w:Osama bin Laden|Osama bin laden]] are currently seeking shelter in the regions near the borders of the two countries.

At least 35 civilians and 9 police officers were killed and nearly two dozen were injured in a separate bombing when a suicide car bomber blew up a [[China|Chinese]] military convoy in Pakistan's southwest industrial district. None of the Chinese military personnel were injured or killed.

"The bomber driving a Mazda car blew himself up," said Tariq Khosa, the police chief of [[w:Baluchistan province|Baluchistan province]] who also added that the area was "very crowded."

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070719-061006-6514r
|title=27 Pakistanis killed in attack on Chinese convoy
|author=Asif Hassan
|pub=Middle East Times
|date=July 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/pakistan.conflict/
|title=Scores killed in Pakistan bombings
|author=
|pub=CNN
|date=July 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/280660.html
|title=U.S. says it might attack in Pakistan
|author=Tom Lasseter
|pub=Sacramento Bee
|date=July 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6788566,00.html
|title=Attack Kills 17 Soldiers in Pakistan
|author=Denis D. Gray
|pub=Guardian Unlimited
|date=July 18, 2007}}

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Map showing location of North and South Waziristan in northern Pakistan and bordering on Afghanistan.
At least 17 Pakistani troops were killed Thursday when their convoy was bombed and attacked by al-Qaeda militants on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in North Waziristan, and the U.S. says that they may attack targets inside Pakistan, if they see them as being "actionable."

"We never take options off the table, and if we find actionable targets, we're going to hit them. Terrorist hideouts are something that's absolutely going to have to be addressed. There's no doubt that more aggressive steps need to be taken against the terrorists," said Tony Snow, the White House's Press Secretary, during a press conference today.

The U.S. believes that terrorists, who are loyal to al-Qaeda's leader Osama bin laden are currently seeking shelter in the regions near the borders of the two countries.

At least 35 civilians and 9 police officers were killed and nearly two dozen were injured in a separate bombing when a suicide car bomber blew up a Chinese military convoy in Pakistan's southwest industrial district. None of the Chinese military personnel were injured or killed.

"The bomber driving a Mazda car blew himself up," said Tariq Khosa, the police chief of Baluchistan province who also added that the area was "very crowded."
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