Firing by Pakistani troops forced two U.S. military helicopters to turn back to Afghanistan after they crossed into Pakistani territory early on Monday, Pakistani security officials said.
The incident took place near Angor Adda, a village in the tribal region of South Waziristan where U.S. commandos in helicopters raided a suspected al Qaeda and Taliban camp earlier this month.
“The U.S. choppers came into Pakistan by just 100 to 150 meters at Angor Adda. Even then our troops did not spare them, opened fire on them and they turned away,” said one security official.
The U.S. and Pakistani military both denied that account, but Angor Adda villagers and officials supported it…
But the official denials were contradicted by Pakistani civilian officials and villagers in Angor Adda…Two Chinook helicopters appeared set to land when troops began shooting, alerting tribesmen who also opened fire on the intruders, said a senior government official in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province.
Statements by politicians and military officials both sides of the border are meaningless, of course. Denial, from the Pentagon to Peshawar, is now an automatic part of the public face of armies.
#31 -“The most dumbest nation with the dumbest people on Earth. Period!”
And we got all the money. Woohoo for the dummies!
BTW, “…most dumbest nation…” Hmmm, does that get a C- or a D for grammar?
Guess it takes a real smarty to write like that.
#28 – “2) Georgia, where Bush seems to think starting a war with Russia is a good idea.”
Reality check. According to AP, “Intercepted mobile phone calls show that Russian tanks and troops invaded before Georgia unleashed its offensive against South Ossetia, the Georgian government said Tuesday, pressing its claim that Russia was the aggressor in the war last month.
… Georgia said the recordings are phone calls between two South Ossetian border guards which prove that Russian tanks and troops entered South Ossetia many hours before the Georgian offensive began late Aug. 7.”
The NYT says they did their own translation and, “…The newspaper’s translation was similar to the translation provided by Georgia, with slight differences that did not appear to change the meaning.”
So, Bush calls up Vlad and arranges for him to invade Georgia so he can “start a war with Russia??”
Care to reconsider your Bush Derangement Syndrome? Probably not.
#33, goofgibson,
Got a link? Otherwise you, Michael Savage, and Vlad the Georgian are the only ones aware of this.