A funeral for six paramilitary soldiers in Pakistan.<br /> <br />Militants killed twelve members of a security escort for a polio vaccination team earlier Saturday.<br /> <br />Some religious leaders think the vaccination campaign is a cover for spying, or a way to secretly sterilize Muslim children.<br /> <br />The attack reportedly lasted one hour, and gunman attacked rescuers when they approached the scene.<br /> <br />It occurred in the northwestern region of Jamrud.<br /> <br />The Provincial governor is calling those killed "martyrs."<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) GOVERNOR OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (KPK) PROVINCE, SHAUKATULLAH KHAN, SAYING:<br /> <br />"These martyrs had not come here to attack anybody's house, or to carry out any such activity. They had come here to administer life-saving drops to your children, to prevent this (polio) disability among your people. But they have been brutally killed, which is not the tradition of this region."<br /> <br />They were protecting a group of health workers traveling to the region to