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| Pakistain bitches, moans about NATO airstrikes | ||
| 2010-09-28 | ||
| [Dawn] Pakistain on Monday corked out with NATO over air strikes by the alliance's helicopters on its territory near the Afghan border saying they violated a UN mandate, the foreign office said. The attack by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopters on Friday left more than 30 turbans beyond all cares and woe, an ISAF statement issued in Kabul on Sunday said. Pakistain said the helicopters intruded into its territory twice from the eastern Afghan province of Khost ...which coincidentally borders North Wazoo... as they chased the bad boys. "These incidents are a clear violation and breach of the UN mandate under which ISAF operates," foreign office front man Abdul Basit said in a statement. The ISAF statement admitted that "an air weapons team engaged a significant number of forces of Evil following an attack on a remote Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) outpost in Khost province Friday. "ANSF received direct and indirect fire at Combat Outpost Narizah near the Pakistain border. An air weapons team in the area observed the enemy fire, and following International Security Assistance Force rules of engagement, crossed into the area of enemy fire."ISAF aircraft then fired on the bully boyz killing more than 30, the statement said, adding that two helicopters returned to the border area on Saturday and killed several more turbans. "Initial reports indicate no civilian were injured or killed during either operation," the ISAF statement said. Pakistain said ISAF's saying mandate "terminates/finishes" at the Afghanistan border. "There are no agreed 'hot pursuit' rules. Any impression to the contrary is not factually correct. Such violations are unacceptable," the foreign office statement added. It said ISAF had been asked not to participate in any military action that violates the UN mandate and infringes upon Pakistain's sovereignty. "In the absence of immediate corrective measures, Pakistain will be constrained to consider response options," it warned.
Under US pressure to crack down on Islamist havens along the Afghan border, Pakistain has in the past year stepped up military operations against largely homegrown bad boys. The rare helicopter attacks came amid a surge in US drone strikes in Pakistain's lawless tribal belt, which is considered a safe haven for Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked operatives and is branded the most dangerous place on earth by Washington.
Militants fighting against 150,000 US and NATO troops in Afghanistan are believed to be holed up in Pakistain's tribal areas, as are operatives at war with Pak security forces. Last year Pakistain launched its most ambitious military offensive yet against Taliban bully boyz in South Wazoo, expanding the campaign to many of the other seven semi-autonomous tribal districts along the border. | ||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Of course that would also cut off THEIR access to a big pile of US money, Indeed. Having a third of one's country under water is expensive. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-09-28 18:21 |
| #2 I simply cannot wait to hear the hue and cry when they see Preds approaching in formations. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-09-28 07:39 |
| #1 What are they going to do -- declare war on America? tw, what they can do is cut off our access to A'stan. Of course that would also cut off THEIR access to a big pile of US money, which the want more than they want to 'protect' their poorly-controlled 'allies' in the frontier territories. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-09-28 07:35 |