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| India-Pakistan |
| US Troops kill 20 in Pakistan raid |
| 2008-09-03 |
| Suspected U.S. commandos from Afghanistan killed 20 people, including women and children, The attack is likely to spark uproar in Pakistan, where it will be seen as undermining sovereignty at a time when a new civilian government is struggling to assert authority in the turbulent nuclear-armed state. "It is outrageous," Owais Ahmed Ghani, governor of North West Frontier province, said in a statement. "This is a direct assault on the sovereignty of Pakistan and the people of Pakistan expect that the armed forces ... would rise to defend the sovereignty of the country and give a befitting reply," he said. Security officials in the region said they suspected U.S. soldiers backed by helicopter gunships mounted the attack. A spokeswoman for Afghanistan's NATO-led force said she had no information about the incident. They're the last people who should be told. A spokesman for a separate U.S.-led coalition force declined to comment, referring questions to the U.S. Central Command. The United States says al Qaeda and Taliban militants are based in sanctuaries in northwest Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun tribal areas on the Afghan border, where they orchestrate attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan and plot violence in the West. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #8 Interestingly the site of the US-led allied troops is situated around three hundred metres away from the camp of security forces in the border areas between the two neighbouring countries. That Pak military camp is probably there to protect the Al Qaeda compound |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-09-03 19:25 |
| #7 If they were risking putting boots on the ground rather than just a missile strike, it must have been a very big fish. |
| Posted by: Steve 2008-09-03 16:43 |
| #6 Actually, Pakistan is one of the gates of hell. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-09-03 14:58 |
| #5 Perhaps they got lost on their way to the gates of hell? No, wait. That's where John McCain's going. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-09-03 14:51 |
| #4 If it happened, I wonder who they were after? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-09-03 11:34 |
| #3 Most of our supplies for Afghan operations come through Pakistan. Have we developed alternatives? Til then, we need to play footsie with the Pak government no matter how disgusting. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-09-03 11:33 |
| #2 They have sovereignty over the NWFP? Who'd a thunk it? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-09-03 11:27 |
| #1 Suspected U.S. commandos Suspected, huh? I think they were aliens performing their probe experiments and things got out of hand. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-09-03 10:10 |