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{{Short description|2009 Pakistani military operation}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{infobox military conflict
| conflict    =Operation Janbaz
| partof      =the [[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
| image       =
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| date        =10–11 October 2009
| place       =[[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab (Pakistani province)|Punjab Province]], [[Pakistan]]
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| result      =Pakistani victory
*Taliban commander captured
*Pakistani hostages were rescued
| status      =
| combatant1  = [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|24px]] [[Pakistan Army]]
| combatant2  = {{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan|Tehrik-i-Taliban]],<ref name="Taliban claim GHQ attack ">{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24983|title=Taliban claim GHQ attack |date=13 October 2009|publisher=The News (Newspaper)|access-date=13 October 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> <br> {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.svg}} [[Lashkar-e-Jhangvi|LeJ]]<ref name=mcclatchy20091011>{{cite news | title = Terrorist attack in Pakistan shows how vulnerable it is | publisher = McClatchy Newspapers | date = 11 October 2009 | url = http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/76954.html | access-date = 11 October 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091013064648/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/76954.html | archive-date = 13 October 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="nytcarbomb">{{cite news | title = Car Bomb Kills at Least 41 in Restive Region of Pakistan | work = The New York Times | date = 12 October 2009 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/world/asia/13pstan.html | access-date = 12 October 2009 }}</ref>
| commander1  =[[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier-General|BGen]] Anwar-ul-Haq Ramday {{KIA}}<ref name="Brigadier Anwar ul Haq Ramday and Lieutenant Colonel Waseem laid to rest">{{cite news|url=http://pakistanobserver.blogspot.com/2009/10/brigadier-anwar-ul-haq-ramday-and-lt.html|title=Brigadier Anwar ul Haq Ramday and Lt. Colonel Waseem laid to rest|date=11 October 2009|work=Pakistan Observer|access-date=11 October 2009}}</ref><br>[[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] [[Lieutenant-Colonel|Lt.Col]] Waseem Amir {{KIA}}<ref name="Brigadier Anwar ul Haq Ramday and Lt. Colonel Wasim laid to rest">{{cite news|url=http://pakistanobserver.blogspot.com/2009/10/brigadier-anwar-ul-haq-ramday-and-lt.html|title=Brigadier Anwar ul Haq Ramday and Lieutenant Colonel Wasim laid to rest|date=11 October 2009|work=Pakistan Observer|access-date=11 October 2009}}</ref>
| commander2  ={{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Mohammed Aqeel]] {{POW}} [[File:Skull and crossbones.svg|15px]]
| commander3  =
| units1      ={{army|Pakistan}} 
*[[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] [[Pakistan Army|13th Regular Army Regiment]]
*[[File:Insignia of Pakistan Army Special Service Group (SSG).svg|18px]] [[Special Service Group|SSG Division]]
| units2      =Unknown
| units3      =
| strength1   =Unknown (Possibly 50–100)
| strength2   =10 TTP militants
| strength3   =
| casualties1 =12 killed<ref name="'Senior officers were main target of GHQ attack'">{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24981|title=Senior officers were main target of GHQ attack|date=13 October 2009|work=The News International|access-date=13 October 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
| casualties2 =9 killed<br/>1 captured
| casualties3 =
| notes       =2 civilian hostages killed
}}
{{Campaignbox Waziristan}}
{{Pakistan terrorist attacks}}
The '''Pakistan Army General Headquarters attack''' (Codename: '''Operation Janbaz'''; {{langx|ur|فوجی آپریشن جانباز}}), was a hostage-rescue mission carried by [[Special Service Group|SSG Division]] on 10 October 2009, when 10 gunmen<ref name="cnn.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/pakistan.shootings/index.html | publisher=CNN | title=Hostages at Pakistani army HQ released | access-date=23 April 2010 | date=11 October 2009}}</ref> in military uniform opened fire on the General Headquarters in [[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]].<ref name=BBC>{{cite news | title = Pakistan army raid frees hostages | publisher = BBC News | date = 11 October 2009 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8301175.stm | access-date = 11 October 2009}}</ref> The attack killed nine soldiers, nine militants and two civilians and was a major escalation in Pakistan's domestic insurgency.<ref>"[http://www.globalbearings.net/2011/10/image-from-gates-of-pakistan-naval.html [Pakistan Primer Pt. 2<nowiki>]</nowiki> From Kashmir to the FATA: The ISI Loses Control] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127094835/http://www.globalbearings.net/2011/10/image-from-gates-of-pakistan-naval.html |date=27 January 2012 }}," Global Bearings, 28 October 2011.</ref> One militant was wounded and captured by security forces.<ref name="mcclatchy20091011"/><ref name="nytcarbomb"/><ref name=BBC/> Soon after the attack, the militants infiltrated the security buildings where 22 civilian and military officials were held hostage by the militants. The Pakistan Army immediately launched a hostage rescue operation led by the [[Special Service Group|SSG Division]], Army Special Forces and the 13th Regular Regiment.

== Background ==
The [[Pakistan Army]] and Pakistani officials have speculated that the attack could have been in retaliation for a series of planned operations in [[South Waziristan]].<ref name="10 Dead in Attack on Pakistani Military HQ">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-dead-in-attack-on-pakistani-military-hq/|title=10 Dead in Attack on Pakistani Military HQ|date=10 October 2009|publisher=CBS News|access-date=10 October 2009}}</ref> A report published in ''[[The News International]]'' on 5 October, quoting Interior Department Punjab, had forewarned that militants wearing army uniforms would carry out an attack on GHQ. "If they fail to enter as per the first plan, then as an alternative they will drive the vehicle to the allegedly broken wall of the GHQ and jumped down into the compound using a ladder".<ref name="GHQ attack report published in Daily Jang, The News on 5 Oct">{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88803 |title=GHQ attack report published in Daily Jang, The News on 5 Oct |date=11 October 2009 |work=The News International|access-date=11 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604001924/http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88803 |archive-date=4 June 2012 }}</ref> The ''[[Daily Jang]]'' also reported on a possible threat.<ref name="GHQ attack report published in Daily Jang, The News on 5 Oct"/>

==Initial attack==
The attack began when 10 militants, wearing camouflaged army uniforms and armed with "sophisticated weapons", attacked a checkpoint at the army base.<ref name="10 Dead in Attack on Pakistani Military HQ" /> They arrived in a white van and attacked the compound with guns and hand grenades; at least three explosions were heard during the assault.<ref name=BBC/><ref name="Two blasts heard inside GHQ">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88804 |title=Two blasts heard inside GHQ |date=11 October 2009 |access-date=11 October 2009 |work=[[The News International]] }}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> During the attack, five militants and six soldiers were killed.<ref name=BBC/> The army dead included a [[brigadier]] and a [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name="Terrorists hold several security men hostage" /> The attackers then took 42 hostages, said to include civilians and senior military personnel, to a location near the headquarters.<ref name=BBC/><ref name="Terrorists hold several security men hostage">{{cite news|url=http://www.geo.tv/10-10-2009/50694.htm|title=Terrorists hold several security men hostage|date=10 October 2009|access-date=10 October 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013092729/http://www.geo.tv/10-10-2009/50694.htm|archive-date=13 October 2009}}</ref>

As the militants took over the security buildings, they took more than 42 people at gunpoint. The majority of them were civilian officials and unarmed military personnel. Due to prohibition of bearing weapons inside the GHQ Headquarters, the militants easily took control of the buildings. The Pakistan Army quickly planned the hostage rescue operation. After limited hours of preparation, the hostage operation was launched under the code name of Operation Janbaz. This was followed by deploying Pakistan Army Special Forces, 13th Regular regiment, and the [[Special Service Group|SSG Division]]. The operation was led by the SSG Division's teams, while the Army Special Forces also participated in the operation. The Special Forces and SSG Division's teams stormed the buildings, and a heavy gun battle ensued. Well-armed Pakistani forces, cleared the building in the first phase of the operation. The first 20 military personnel and civilian hostages were rescued by the Army Special Forces, and 3 injured militants were captured. After that, the remaining hostages were then rescued by the Pakistan army's Special Forces and the [[Special Service Group|SSG Division]].<ref name="GHQ operation completed with the arrest of injured terrorists' top dog">{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88812|title=GHQ operation completed with the arrest of injured terrorists' top dog|date=11 October 2009|work=The News International|access-date=11 October 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Among the hostages were 22 who were being guarded by a suicide bomber, who failed to blow himself up<ref name="GHQ operation completed with the arrest of injured terrorists' top dog" /> and was subsequently killed. During the attack, which took place at 0600 hrs., four militants, two commandos, and three hostages (two civilians and one soldier) were killed.<ref name=BBC/><ref name="3 hostages, 2 commandos, four kidnappers killed in rescue bid">{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88810 |title=3 hostages, 2 commandos, four kidnappers killed in rescue bid |date=11 October 2009 |work=The News International|access-date=11 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604001918/http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88810 |archive-date=4 June 2012 }}</ref> Three commandos later died of their injuries. One militant was captured; he was named as [[Mohammed Aqeel]] (alias Dr. Usman), and was said to be the leader of the group and the mastermind of the [[2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team|3 March attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team]].<ref name=BBC/><ref name="Commando raid formally completed with last injured terrorist’s arrest">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88811 |title=Commando raid formally completed with last injured terrorist's arrest |date=11 October 2009 |access-date=11 October 2009 |work=[[The News International]] }}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Aqeel was arrested in a building separate from the other militants, and five hostages were rescued from him. He had also tried to blow himself up and was injured in the process.<ref name="GHQ operation completed with the arrest of injured terrorists' top dog" />

Photographs of two of the attackers were released to the general public for identification.<ref name="GHQ attack: ISPR releases pictures of two terrorists">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88802 |title=GHQ attack: ISPR releases pictures of two terrorists |date=11 October 2009 |access-date=11 October 2009 |work=[[The News International]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604001937/http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88802 |archive-date=4 June 2012 }}</ref>

==Investigations==
Police raided a house at [[Dhok Awan]], [[Model Town Humak]] where the militants had stayed, and arrested the owner, [[Azam Qazi]],<ref name="GHQ attacked" /> as well as the property dealer who rented the house to the attackers. Several sets of Pakistani Army uniforms, maps of sensitive locations, [[Fuse (explosives)|fuses]] and [[detonators]] used in explosives, material used in making suicide jackets, and several identity cards were found at the safe house. Two pairs of trousers, two jeans, and over 10 pairs of [[Shalwar Kameez]] and slippers were also found. Evidence showed that at least 10 people were present at the house before the attack. The rent agreement was also found, which said the house was rented for Rs. 10,000 on 9 September. The attackers apparently stayed there for 20 to 25 days.<ref name="Owner of safe house arrested in Islamabad">{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-owner-of-safe-house-arrested-ss-06|title=Owner of safe house arrested in Islamabad|last=Azeem|first=Munawer|date=11 October 2009|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|access-date=11 October 2009}}</ref>
Police also arrested another mastermind the attacks, Qari Ishtiaq, who is said to the commander of Punjabi Tehrik-i-Taliban. He was arrested from Bahawalpur on the information provided by the [[Hijratullah]] who has been jailed for 10 years due to his role in [[2009 Lahore police academy attacks|Lahore police academy attacks]].<ref name="Hijrat-Ullah to be jailed for 10 years">{{cite news|url=http://www.samaa.tv/News13697-HijratUllah_to_be_jailed_for_10_years.aspx|title=Hijrat-Ullah to be jailed for 10 years|access-date=28 October 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119150017/http://www.samaa.tv/News13697-HijratUllah_to_be_jailed_for_10_years.aspx|archive-date=19 November 2014}}</ref> 7 other militants were arrested from different parts of Punjab on his information him.<ref name="GHQ siege mastermind captured, claim police">{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/19-ghq-siege-mastermind-captured-claim-police-hh-06|title=GHQ siege mastermind captured, claim police|date=28 October 2009|access-date=28 October 2009}}</ref>

==Responsibility==
A first information report (FIR) was registered at Royal Artillery Bazaar (R.A Bazaar) Police Station against Mohammad Aqeel, alias Dr. Usman, for the attack. FIR no. 674 was registered under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). It alleged murder, attempted murder, and possession of explosives and illegal arms.<ref name="GHQ attack: FIR filed in R.A Bazaar police station">{{cite news|url=http://www.geo.tv/10-12-2009/50760.htm|title=GHQ attack: FIR filed in R.A Bazaar police station|date=12 October 2009|publisher=Geo.tv|access-date=12 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016063858/http://www.geo.tv/10-12-2009/50760.htm|archive-date=16 October 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A Tehrik-e-Taliban (Amjad Farooqi Group) claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to an AFP reporter. The call was made by TTP spokesman Azam Tariq.<ref name="GHQ attacked">{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24948 |title=GHQ attacked |date=11 October 2009 |work=The News International|access-date=12 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012075828/http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24948 |archive-date=12 October 2009 }}</ref><ref name="GHQ attackers demanded release of 100 militants">{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-ghq-attackers-demanded-militant-release-army-rs-01|title=GHQ attackers demanded release of 100 militants|date=13 October 2009|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|access-date=13 October 2009}}</ref>
<blockquote>
As long as Pakistan continues its operation against the Taliban, we will also keep continuing such attacks
We claim responsibility for the attack on GHQ. It was carried out by our Punjab branch... We have the capability to strike at any place in Pakistan
</blockquote>

Analysts have said the leader, Dr. Usman, is a member of the [[Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami|HUJI]]<ref name="mcclatchy20091011"/> or the [[Lashkar-e-Jhangvi]], acting in concert with the TTP.<ref name="nytcarbomb"/><ref name="nytpolicewarned">{{cite news | title = Pakistani Police Had Warned Army About a Raid | work = The New York Times | date = 11 October 2009 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/world/asia/12pstan.html | access-date = 11 October 2009 | first=Jane | last=Perlez}}</ref>

According to [[Inter Services Public Relations|ISPR]], the attack was planned in [[South Waziristan]], and 5 out of the 10 attackers belonged to Baitullah Meshud's group.  According to Time, 5 of the 10 attackers were from Punjab.<ref name="timegroups">{{cite magazine | title = Why Pakistan Must Widen Its Hunt for Militant Bases | magazine = Time | author = Omar Waraich | url = http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1929931,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091016052118/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1929931,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 16 October 2009 | date = 13 October 2009 | access-date = 13 October 2009}}</ref> As such, the attack is believed to be one of the first major attacks attributed to the [[Punjabi Taliban]], former state-supported militants now operating with the Taliban.<ref>"[http://www.globalbearings.net/2011/10/image-from-gates-of-pakistan-naval.html [Pakistan Primer Pt. 2<nowiki>]</nowiki> From Kashmir to the FATA: The ISI Loses Control] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127094835/http://www.globalbearings.net/2011/10/image-from-gates-of-pakistan-naval.html |date=27 January 2012 }}," Global Bearings, 28 October 2011.</ref> Senior officials of the army were the prime target of the attacks. They were to be held hostage in order to secure the release of 100 already detained militants.<ref name="GHQ attackers demanded release of 100 militants" />

==Subsequent airstrikes==
Following the attacks, the [[Pakistan Air Force]] retaliated with two airstrikes on suspected militant targets in [[South Waziristan]] on Sunday evening, 11 October. According to Pakistani intelligence officials, five militants were killed.

On the night of 11 October, Pakistan Air Force fighter jets pounded various hideouts of militants in South Waziristan, killing 13 Taliban fighters.<ref name="thenews.com.pk">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88854 |title=The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News |access-date=17 June 2018 |archive-date=17 June 2018 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20180617032130/http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88854 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the meantime, Pakistani UAVs and surveillance planes were intermittently flying over various areas of [[Waziristan|North and South Waziristan]].<ref name="thenews.com.pk"/>

==Media blackout==
Two news channels, [[Geo TV]] and Samaa, were taken off the air for an hour. A message from Pakistan's media regulatory body appeared on those channels announcing it was temporarily suspending transmission of "independent news TV channels" until further notice.<ref name="10 Dead in Attack on Pakistani Military HQ" />

==15 October attacks==
On 15 October, several more attacks were carried out against government buildings in areas across Pakistan. Four gunmen attacked the Federal Investigation Agency building in [[Lahore]]; seven police and attackers were killed in the assault. Also attacked were two police academies and a police station in Kohat.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8308166.stm|title=Pakistan shaken by fresh attacks|publisher=BBC|access-date=15 October 2009 | date=15 October 2009}}</ref>

==Reaction==
*{{Pak}} [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Yousaf Raza Gillani]] strongly condemned the attack.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} [[Interior Minister of Pakistan|Interior Minister]] [[Rehman Malik]] said in a statement, "We have been left no other option except to go ahead to face them".<ref name="Gunmen attack Pakistani army headquarters; 10 dead">{{cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/gunmen-attack-pakistani-army-headquarters-10-dead/|title=Gunmen attack Pakistani army headquarters; 10 dead |date=10 October 2009 |last=Shazad|first=Asif|agency=Associated Press|access-date=11 October 2009}}</ref> He called on all so-called terrorists to surrender and they "might expect leniency".<ref name="Lenience possible if terrorists surrender right now: Rehman">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88800|title=Lenience possible if terrorists surrender right now: Rehman|date=11 October 2009|access-date=11 October 2009|work=[[The News International]]}}</ref> He praised the "great expertise" of the Pakistani Army in dealing with the attack on GHQ.<ref name="Pak Army completed the operation with great expertise: Malik">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88808 |title=Pak Army completed the operation with great expertise: Malik |date=11 October 2009 |access-date=11 October 2009 |work=[[The News International]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218101844/http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88808 |archive-date=18 December 2009 }}</ref> Police have increased security within the nearby Pakistani capital of Islamabad.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-10-voa5.cfm |title=VOA News - Gunmen Take Hostages in Attack on Pakistani Army Headquarters |access-date=10 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013062721/http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-10-voa5.cfm |archive-date=13 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|United States}} United States Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] said in London that she wished to "point out this shows the continuing threats to the Pakistani government and the very important steps that the civilian leadership, along with the military, are taking to root out the extremists and prevent violence and direct assaults on the sovereignty of the state".<ref name="Pak army HQ attack exposes extremist threat: Clinton">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88806 |title=Pak army HQ attack exposes extremist threat: Clinton |date=11 October 2009 |access-date=11 October 2009 |work=[[The News International]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604002001/http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88806 |archive-date=4 June 2012 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001]]
*[[War in North-West Pakistan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6291516/Pakistan-terrorist-attack-kills-six-soldiers-in-Rawalpindi.html Pakistan: terrorist attack kills six soldiers in Rawalpindi]
*[http://www.samaa.tv/News13287-Pakistans_army_retakes_HQ_after_siege.aspx{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Pakistan's army retakes HQ after siege]
*[http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88842 COAS greeted on successful operation at GHQ]
*[http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88808 Pak Army completed the operation with great expertise: Malik]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091014120225/http://www.geo.tv/10-11-2009/50731.htm Aqeel was mastermind of Sri Lankan cricket team attack]
*[http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24965 Sacking of two top men delayed after GHQ attack]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091016060016/http://www.geo.tv/10-13-2009/50811.htm  28 arrested over links to GHQ attack]
*[http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/21/attack-on-ghq-confessions-of-a-terrorist-mastermind.html Attack on GHQ: confessions of a terrorist mastermind, By Malik Asad, Dawn, 21 Sept 2011]

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