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U.S. Donates Boats, Military Equipment to Pakistan
American Forces Press Service ^
Posted on 02/16/2010 7:17:29 PM PST by SandRat
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2010 The United States recently donated a number of water trucks, field artillery cannon and patrol boats to the Pakistani government, according to U.S. State Department news releases.
The United States donated five fast-patrol boats to Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency at the Karachi shipyard Feb. 13, 2010. The U.S. government also recently donated field artillery and water trucks to the Pakistani military. The U.S. government is set to donate four more fast boats to Pakistan later this year. Courtesy photo (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. |
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Four water trucks were provided to the Pakistani Armys special services group Feb. 12. The next day, Pakistans maritime security agency obtained five American fast-patrol boats, while the Pakistani army received 48 self-propelled field artillery cannon.
The water trucks will be employed in humanitarian relief missions in Pakistans South Waziristan region. The boats will enhance Pakistans coastal interdiction and patrol capabilities. And, the cannon will be used by Pakistani government forces to combat terrorists that operate in its homeland.
These field artillery cannons are an important part of enhancing the capabilities of Pakistans army as it continues to wage its courageous fight against terrorists who seek to destroy Pakistans people and way of life, said U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Michael Nagata, U.S. Office of the Defense Representative-Pakistan deputy commander, as he officially handed over the M1095A5 howitzers to Pakistani Army Brig. Gen. Farrukh Saeed, commander of the 25th Mechanized Artillery Division.
Nagata also participated in ceremonies featuring the turning over of the water trucks and fast boats to Pakistani senior military officials.
Pakistan is slated to receive another four fast-patrol boats later this year.
Whether its search-and-rescue, combating smugglers, preventing crime or protecting Pakistans coastal areas, we hope the increased capabilities these boats provide greatly enhance the MSAs ability to conduct the full spectrum of maritime operations, Nagata said during the handover ceremony in Karachi Feb. 13.
During the past three years, U.S. civilian and military assistance to Pakistan has totaled more than $4 billion. Assistance provided and delivered has included support for medical aid, school refurbishment, bridge and well reconstruction, food distribution, agricultural and education projects, 14 F-16 fighter aircraft, 10 Mi-17 helicopters, more than 450 vehicles for Pakistans Frontier Corps, hundreds of night-vision goggles, day/night scopes, radios, and thousands of protective vests and first-aid items for Pakistans security forces.
In addition, the United States has funded and provided training for more than 370 Pakistani military officers in a wide range of leadership and development programs, covering topics such as counterterrorism, intelligence, logistics, medical operations, flight safety and military law.
(Compiled from U.S. Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan, news releases.)
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: boats; equipment; military; pakistan
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posted on
02/16/2010 7:17:30 PM PST
by
SandRat
To: SandRat
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posted on
02/16/2010 7:24:11 PM PST
by
bsf2009
To: SandRat
we’re giving military hardware to a country full of radical Islamic jihadis in order to fight the Taliban, a group of radical Islamic jihadis which exists because we gave military hardware to a bunch of Afghani radical Islamic jihadis. Perfect. What could possibly go wrong?
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posted on
02/16/2010 7:24:49 PM PST
by
RC one
(WHAT!!!!)
To: RC one; swarthyguy
This is to combat the Naval Wing of the Taliban. Earlier missiles were sold to combat the Taliban Air Force.
LOL!
To: James C. Bennett; AmericanInTokyo
Face it, despite the propensity of the Land of the Pure to have more lives than a basketful of cats, there is cause for optimism, if one can call it that.
The Mythical MeltDown of the Pakistani Army, long awaited and threatened but never materialising, or, the ascendancy of Jihadi Theology in the upper echelon of the Army’s ranks, as the Kiyani generation of officers reach the pinnacle of their careers, and retire.
Who are the 12 Army Corps Commanders of Pakistan.
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posted on
02/19/2010 10:09:57 AM PST
by
swarthyguy
(My toast when imbibing: "Beer hu Akbar" - Riposte - "Inshallah")
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