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US Helicopters Helping to Battle Wazibillies and Foreign Pests
From Jihad Unspun, so you know it's true...... up to five Cobra attack helicopters were used, along with 15 Pakistani gunship helicopters in the operation. They were being dispatched from the Wana and Jandwa airbases. It should be noted that American helicopters have flown many times from across the border during the last five days. .... A senior Pakistan army officer has said that an American helicopter fired on a car and wounded the three passengers in it. .... an American helicopter fired 12.7 bore machine gun on the vehicle which wounded the three men who were from the tribe of Mdakhel tribe. .... One of the most gruesome incidents involved the deaths of thirteen people from the same family. These people were traveling in a van to a safe place away from where the battle was raging. The passengers included children of 2, 3 and 5 years of age. The helicopter gunship killed all thirteen of them while the rest of the passengers of the van were seriously wounded. More than a dozen other cars in the vicinity were also damaged. .... Pakistan called in F-16 fighters for the first time Saturday, after using F-7âs for the past 5 days and heavy artillery was also used again. .... Unknown attackers blew up the bridge connecting Wana to Meran Shah. All traffic on the Wana Meran Shah road has come to a halt. The Pakistan army has put the Meanwali airbase on red alert for possible use of that base for operations against the Mujahideen. According to Pakistani Propaganda minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, .... American helicopters were indeed being used in the operation but there no American servicemen in them, contrary to information we have received for other sources. .....
Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-03-24 |
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