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YAKKAGHUND: Nato helicopters from Afghanistan intruded into northwest Pakistan and attacked a military check post near the border on Saturday, killing up to 25 troops and wounding 14, Pakistani military officials said. A senior Pakistani military officer said efforts were under way to bring the bodies to the headquarters of Mohmand tribal region from their post located on hilltops near the Afghan border. “The latest attack by Nato forces on our post would have serious repercussions as they without any reason attacked on our post and killed soldiers asleep,” he said, requesting anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the media.
Originally posted by Vitchilo
reply to post by Domo1
They wouldn't be taking ``potshots`` at the helicopters if they weren't in Pakistani airspace.
NATO needs to withdraw from that whole hellhole of a region. NOW.
Pakistani officials have responded with fury to an apparent attack by Nato helicopters on an Afghan border checkpoint they say killed 26 soldiers.
The "unprovoked and indiscriminate" attack took place in Mohmand tribal region, the Pakistani military said.
Pakistan cuts off NATO supply route to Afghanistan (Reuters)
Originally posted by JudgeDeath
Originally posted by Vitchilo
reply to post by Domo1
They wouldn't be taking ``potshots`` at the helicopters if they weren't in Pakistani airspace.
NATO needs to withdraw from that whole hellhole of a region. NOW.
Wrong Wrong Wrong.
First we need to DESTROY the ISI, this is where the 9/11 money trail led to, these double dealing backstabbing bastards have been supporting terrorism and extremism worldwide and this has all been going on under a blanket of lies and deceit by the Pakistani Government that portrays themselves as friends of the west.
Al-Qaeda pffft...these guys trained the Mujahideen FFS, they are an extremely dangerous Nuclear threat not only to their neighbors but to the rest of the world as well.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
reply to post by concernedcitizen519
Don't jump TOO fast to defend the Pakistani military. The Paki military Intelligence has been running the Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists since they were founded in the early 90's. This is *NOT* one of those situations where NATO or the U.S. can be looked upon as the clear bad guy or aggressor. Certainly not casually as a safe assumption as other areas may be.
Pakistan's Government and Military leaders are bloody up to their eyeballs in the fighting and death across that entire region of the world. Perhaps the NATO helicopter had good reason..and perhaps they didn't. Perhaps the Paki's shot at them...or maybe it was just payback for a similar shooting incident earlier.
Either way, that is one area I will NOT jump to the stories making the West look bad as automatic truth. It's FAR too complicated there to approach it in such simple terms, IMHO.