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| NATO trucks still stranded in Pakistan |
| 2010-10-06 |
| [Iran Press TV] The main supply route used by US-led forces in Pakistain to transport goods to neighboring Afghanistan remains closed for the sixth consecutive day. Hundreds of NATO vehicles, including tankers and containers are parked in different parts of northwestern Pakistain near the Afghan border. Dozens of NATO fuel tankers have been ambushed by Orcs and similar vermin over the past week. Pak forces are now providing security for the stranded containers packed with NATO supplies. Pak officials have said the key border post will stay closed in the coming days in retaliation to a recent NATO attack that killed three Pak soldiers. Pakistain blocked the major supply route to protest non-UN-sanctioned attacks by US-led forces into the country last week. The ban, however, has not stopped US forces from carrying out more non-UN-sanctioned attacks in the Pak territory. In the most recent of such attacks, US dronezaps killed at least eight people in Pakistain on Monday. US-led forces have carried out a record number of unauthorized The dronezaps, which were initiated by former US President George W. Bush and continued under President Barack B.O.Obama, have drastically increased in recent weeks at a time when floods have caused devastation in the South Asian country. Islamabad has condemned the unauthorized US |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 They're a Third World country. They didn't get that way by thinking things through. That's one way to win Snark o' the Day. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-06 13:15 |
| #4 Besides, they'll just send Bammer the bill. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-10-06 12:19 |
#3 At some point the damage to Pakistan's transportation industry will force them to do something about it. They're a Third World country. They didn't get that way by thinking things through. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2010-10-06 10:13 |
| #2 Front this. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-10-06 00:50 |
| #1 These are not "NATO" vehicles. They are Pakistani vehicles hauling cargo under contract. Every one of these vehicles stranded or destroyed on that route is a vehicle removed from Pakistan's economy. Pakistan doesn't have all that many tanker trucks to begin with. They can't afford to keep losing them by the dozen. At some point the damage to Pakistan's transportation industry will force them to do something about it. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-10-06 00:12 |