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Pakistan militants destroy NATO tankers
Militants in Pakistain's restive southwest have destroyed two tankers carrying fuel to NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... forces in neighboring Afghanistan, official reports say. Pak officials say the forces of Evil set fire to the tankers in the south-western province of Balochistan. According to the reports, the drivers of the vehicles beat feet unharmed, and their whereabouts are unknown. The US military and NATO rely heavily on the Pak supply route into landlocked Afghanistan, where about 150,000 US-led international troops are situated. But, during the past three years, NATO supply trucks and oil tankers have become the target of frequent attacks by gunnies across Pakistain. In response, Pak authorities have deployed large contingents of police and military forces on all major arteries in the area to curb the attacks. However, The emphatic However... attacks on NATO vehicles remain unabated. Militants say the attacks are in response to the unauthorized US drone strikes inside Pakistain. More than 700 people have so far been killed in such drone attacks since 2009. Over 90 percent of the victims have been civilians.
Posted by: 2011-04-07 |
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