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WASHINGTON — Pakistani and American ground troops exchanged fire along the border with Afghanistan on Thursday after the Pakistanis shot at two American helicopters, ratcheting up tensions as the United States increases its attacks against militants from Al Qaeda and the Taliban, who are being sheltered in Pakistan’s restive tribal areas.
The two American OH-58 Kiowa reconnaissance helicopters were not damaged and no casualties were reported on either side from the ground fire. But American and
The helicopters were escorting U.S. and Afghan ground troops and were flying about a mile inside the Afghan border, the Associated Press reported, citing an unidentified U.S. military official. U.S. and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire during the incident, which began when Pakistan forces shot at the aircraft, the official told AP. No casualties were reported, AP said.
Pakistan's military gave a different account, saying two helicopters entered its airspace from Afghanistan at 3:30 p.m. local time and were ``well within'' its territory above North Waziristan when security forces fired ``anticipatory warning shots.'' The aircraft returned fire and turned back, the military said in an e-mailed statement from its headquarters in Rawalpindi.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani troops fired on U.S. helicopters on Thursday in a sharp escalation of tensions between the two allies, who gave conflicting accounts of the incident.
Pakistan's military said its soldiers fired warning shots at the helicopters after they intruded into Pakistani airspace. But the United States said the aircraft were operating inside Afghanistan.
Originally posted by beaverg
It getting odd. Really really odd. Last week Pakistan said they shot down a US drone and then the US army said they weren't missing a drone and that Pakistan was wrong. Now Pakistan is saying they fired on a US helicopter but the US army comes in again and says Pakistan is wrong?
What is going on and who owns these things?
Originally posted by jackinthebox
I met a guy from Pakistan a few years ago at work. He was big-time pissed off that his country had suddenly been invaded by KFC's and Blockbuster Video stores. It may seem like no big deal to us, or anecdotal. But other people in the world see such rampant capitalism and the steamrolling of tradition as genuine evil, perhaps even rightly so. The fast food chains in particular are in fact and literally, killing us all...
"Let them eat cake!"
Originally posted by jackinthebox
reply to post by Merriman Weir
I don't have sound, so I can't tell if these are both the same version or not, but you might like this song. Goes right along with the point though about this homogenization.
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I like the original version better, but it might make more sense in English.