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Video on Haqqani Network's terror activities in Pak safe havens | | A video has surfaced, revealing the terrorist activities
of the Haqqani Network, which according to U.S. officials, not only enjoys a safe
haven in Pakistan , but is also actually supported by Pakistani intelligence.
The video opened with terrorists analysing a scale model of an American base just
across the border in Afghanistan , which was used, along with a satellite photo
taken off the Internet, to plan a spectacular attack, reports CBS News. The actual
attack, which was later executed, was led by the driver of a truck loaded with
an estimated 2,000 pounds of homemade explosives, which was covered only by a
tarpaulin sheet. The video further showed the driver detonating the bomb, which
set off a tremendous fireball, followed by a blast wave that rippled across the
base. The whole sequence was recorded from three different camera angles for maximum
propaganda value. The video then showed a van carrying a 10-man suicide squad,
whose plan was to charge through a hole blown out by the truck bomb. But the attack
stalled because the bomb failed to breach a second barrier, according to a U.S.
official. The video does not show it, but all 10 men were gunned down. Photos
of the aftermath showed the base mess hall collapsed by the blast wave. Two Americans
were killed and 25 wounded seriously enough to require evacuation. The size of
the fireball and the resulting blast wave shown in the video are dramatic proof
of the threat posed by the safe havens in Pakistan.
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