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| 'US convoy deliberately hit Shah's car' |
| 2005-04-01 |
| PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has accused US officials of deliberately hitting the party's Frontier leader Pir Sabir Shah's car in a road incident on March 26. Rehmat Salam, PML-N provincial leader, told a news conference on Thursday that Pir Sabir Shah was surprised when the US Embassy in Islamabad issued a statement claiming that the American convoy had nothing to do with the road incident involving Shah. "Pir Sabir Shah's car was overtaking the American convoy when his driver entered the convoy to avoid a head-on collision with a vehicle coming from the opposite direction. Shah's car was deliberately hit from behind by the Americans, injuring Shah, his driver, and his bodyguard," said Salam. He alleged that US Special Forces personnel also aimed their guns at Shah. Salam rejected the US Embassy statement that the injured PML-N leader and his companions were provided medical treatment by the US officials. "We know how much the Americans take care of people. The treatment of suspects in Guantanamo Bay speaks volumes of their compassion. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 I understand that American convoys in Iraq consider a car trying to butt into a convoy a potential IED. So this overtaking car could have been seen as a potential boom threat. The guy's lucky he's still around to complain. |
| Posted by: Chap 2005-04-01 6:59:15 PM |
| #8 Pay your damn car repair and hospital bills and shut up Shah. Your driver was driving like a third world maniac around armed troops. You are lucky to be alive. LOL , indeed .. anyway i thought you drive on the shady side of the road in 3rd world .. keeps ya cool when ya driving is manic |
| Posted by: MacNails 2005-04-01 4:29:08 PM |
| #7 If I read this correctly, Shah's car is hauling ass and attemting to pass the convoy when oncoming traffic forces him back into the lane the convoy is occupying. This caused a collision and probably looked to the soldiers in the convoy like some kind of assault so they got their weapons ready, but analized the situtation and didn't shoot up Shah's car. Pay your damn car repair and hospital bills and shut up Shah. Your driver was driving like a third world maniac around armed troops. You are lucky to be alive. |
| Posted by: RJ Schwarz 2005-04-01 4:26:56 PM |
| #6 well if we aren't, we should be, BY GAWD! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-01 10:14:17 AM |
| #5 I thought it was an interesting article because I wasn't aware that Special Forces was in the habit of moving around in convoys in Pakiland. |
| Posted by: Fred 2005-04-01 10:09:49 AM |
| #4 Shah? I used to work with a guy named Shah whose family was supposedly big in the Frontier areas. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-04-01 8:58:45 AM |
| #3 Given the locals fondness for car bombs, he's lucky they didn't turn his car into a convertible. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-04-01 8:12:03 AM |
| #2 Too bad we didn't do it. Sounds like a spiffy idea - except for the part about where he's allowed back in line and survives, of course. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-01 2:56:46 AM |
| #1 'Cause we got a mighty convoy Rockin' through the night Yeah, we got a mighty convoy Ain't she a beautiful sight C'mon and join our Convoy Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'Cross the USA Convoy Convoy |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2005-04-01 12:44:41 AM |