Thousands leave Pakistan bound for holy war

In buses and trucks, pickups and vans, more than 5,000 people rolled out of a northeastern Pakistan village this morning, bound for the Afghan frontier and vowing to fight a holy war against the United States.

Thousands leave Pakistan bound for holy war

In buses and trucks, pickups and vans, more than 5,000 people rolled out of a northeastern Pakistan village this morning, bound for the Afghan frontier and vowing to fight a holy war against the United States.

Thousands of Pakistani men, young and old, had massed in Temergarah on Friday night with assault rifles, machine guns, even rocket launchers. A few even carried axes and swords.

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