PAKISTANI SECURITY FORCES HAVE ATTACKED A STRONGHOLD OF MILITANTS FIGHTING FOR CONTROL OF GAS RESOURCES IN THE SOUTHWEST, KILLING FIVE OF THE REBELS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID ON WEDNESDAY. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, RAZIK BUGTI, SAID PARAMILITARY FORCES BACKED BY HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS ATTACKED A MILITANT CAMP IN THE DERA BUGTI DISTRICT ON TUESDAY. "WE KILLED FIVE MISCREANTS AND WOUNDED SEVEN, WHO ARE NOW IN OUR CUSTODY," BUGTI WAS QUOTED AS SAYING BY REUTERS. "THEY WERE OPERATING FROM THAT CAMP AND HAD PLANNED TO ATTACK A GAS FIELD IN THE AREA," HE SAID. "WE DESTROYED THE COMPOUND AND 23 CAVES IN NEARBY MOUNTAINS WHERE THEY HAD STORED A HUGE CACHE OF WEAPONS."
