Posted on 09/22/2008 5:53:13 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani troops fired on two U.S. helicopters that intruded into Pakistani territory on Sunday night, forcing them to turn back to Afghanistan, a senior Pakistani security official said on Monday.
The helicopters violated the border in the area of Lowara Mandi, 80 km west of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region, at around 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.
There was no official confirmation.
"We don't have any information on border violation by the American helicopters," Major Murad Khan, a military spokesman, said.
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I guess they forgot what shock and awe looks like.
Several sources are saying this just did not happen.
Same thing didn’t happen two weeks ago.
Is this intentional disinformation or mutually plausible deniabilty - or just paranoia - or bad reporting?
I gotta believe that the worst possible thing for those moronic ragheads would be to actually HIT an American helicopter and bring it down. It’s a short trip for them back to the Stone Age, so it wouldn’t take much ordinance.
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