Posted on 09/03/2008 6:38:12 AM PDT by Perdogg
The US military was accused today of having sent a force of commandos across the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan on a raid in which 20 people were reportedly killed, including women and children.
Both Nato and the separate US-led coalition in Afghanistan denied any knowledge of the pre-dawn attack, which local residents said involved both American and Afghan troops backed by helicopter gunships.
But it was immediately seen as both undermining sovereignty and presenting a challenge to the coalition govermnet led by Yousuf Raza Gillani, the object of an unsuccessful assassination in Rawalpindi this morning.
"It is outrageous," Owais Ahmed Ghani, the governor of North West Frontier province, said in a statement on the incursion. "This is a direct assault on the sovereignty of Pakistan and the people of Pakistan expect that the armed forces of Pakistan would rise to defend the sovereignty of the country and give a befitting reply."
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
What?!?!
No baby seals? Puppies?
They're losing the battle by not liquidating the real threats. /s
....and the problem is?
Ho hum. This accusation is made regularly by the enemy. They can’t take getting their butts kicked and the fact that they are losers.
Pakistanis claim US helicopter-borne forces assaulted village in South Waziristan ( Unconfirmed )
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