11-26-2011, 07:41 AM
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NATO kills 24 Pakistani soldiers.
With the unauthorised excursion to take out OBL (which I've no issues with) and now this, safe to say that relationships between the west and Pakistan is now at an all time low.
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It is "highly likely" that Nato aircraft were behind a deadly overnight raid on a Pakistani border checkpoint, a Nato spokesman has told the BBC. Brigadier-General Carsten Jacobson said Nato was investigating how the incident occurred and sent condolences.
Pakistani officials have responded with fury to the incident, which they say killed at least 24 soldiers.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15904197
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 26 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday strongly condemned the NATO helicopters’ attack on Pakistani troops in two Pakistan Army borders posts in Mohmand Agency and termed it violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty. According to Spokesperson to President Farhat Ullah Babar, the President has strongly condemned this incident and said that it is unacceptable.
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http://ftpapp.app.com.pk/en_/index.p...66879&Itemid=1
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11-26-2011, 08:08 AM
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Why would NATO engage the soldiers unless they were firing at the helicopters.
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11-26-2011, 08:48 AM
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Pure speculation on my part ....
From watching the CNN report and that the reporter stated that many US soldiers were often unsure as to where the border were and as to where they were being attacked from, maybe they accidentally crossed the border and post OBL excursion the Pakistanis (who were embarassed at that excursion) consdered that as an act of invasion and decided to open fire.
Pakistanis reporting now that it was two different checkpoint posts that were attacked.
I would have thought that with modern technology now it would be as simple as plotting the co-ordinates of the border into a computer with an alarm system when crossed ..... no?
Last edited by Bagor; 11-26-2011 at 08:50 AM.
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11-26-2011, 03:24 PM
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strangely i have very little sympathy for Pakistan here. they have supporters in high levels in their government who support Al Qaeda given how long they managed to shelter Bin Laden, and have likely instructed their troops to fire at any NATO force who crosses their border for fear of another unauthorized strike within their borders
i find the government of Pakistan worse than Iran. at least with Iran you know where they stand, but Pakistan pretends to be anti-extremist while supporting their cause under the table
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11-26-2011, 04:05 PM
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Yeah. I don't feel too bad about this, NATO will pursuit members of the Taliban or other groups to the Pakistan border and watch in frustration as Pakistani military opens the gates and lets them through into sheltered territory.
Pakistan's intelligence organizations have placed both sides of the fence and now they've reaped the reward if this is what happened.
Personally Pakistan can whine and complain all they want, but at the end of the day the relationship is predicated on America gives Pakistan money, Pakistan screws America over.
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11-26-2011, 04:06 PM
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Pakistan hasn't been much more supportive of Western policy than the Taliban IMO.
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11-26-2011, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Why would NATO engage the soldiers unless they were firing at the helicopters.
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Incompetence or a host of any other reasons.
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11-26-2011, 07:23 PM
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Actually, Pakistan has every right to be upset about this.
America is not at war with Pakistan. There is no evidence that the Pakistani government knowingly harbored OBL either.
Meanwhile America has murdered countless Pakistani civilians with their un-manned drone strikes across the Afghan border trying to target insurgents.
The U.S. would love to go to war with Pakistan to take their nukes and end their pipeline deals with Iran and China. China will not allow that however.
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11-26-2011, 07:46 PM
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ooopsy....
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11-26-2011, 07:57 PM
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Not the one...
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I find it rather alarming that - at least until 2016 - the US President is going to be openly assassinating Americans, committing foreign espionage/sabotage, and engaging in undeclared wars.
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11-26-2011, 08:19 PM
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Pakistan shut down NATO supply routes into Afghanistan.
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Pakistan shut down NATO supply routes into Afghanistan - used for sending in nearly half of the alliance's land shipments - in retaliation for the worst such incident since Islamabad uneasily allied itself with Washington following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
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Islamabad also said it had ordered the United States to vacate a drone base in the country, but a senior U.S. official said Washington had received no such request and noted that Pakistan had made similar eviction threats in the past, without following through.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7AP03S20111127
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11-26-2011, 10:00 PM
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America should retaliate by cutting off funding and aid to Pakistan. It sounds bad when I say this, but 24 Pakistani Solider's killed is a small number compared to the Nato soldiers killed by Pakistan's games
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11-26-2011, 10:30 PM
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Two conflicting versions of events.
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The Pakistani army said helicopters and fighter aircraft hit two border posts, killing 24 people and leaving 13 injured. Local officials said the two posts were about 300m apart on a mountain top. Pakistani officials said there had been no militant activity in the area, and most of the Pakistani soldiers were asleep. They also said Nato had the grid references of the posts and therefore should not have fired.
Gen Jacobson said a combined force of Afghan and Nato troops were in the area when "a tactical situation developed on the ground", though he gave no more details.
He said close air support was called in, and "we're aware it's highly likely this caused casualties".
Military sources told the BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Paktika province in Afghanistan that a US-Afghan special forces mission had been in the area, where they believed a Taliban training camp was operating.
They said the mission came under fire from a position within Pakistan, and they received permission from the headquarters of Nato's Isaf mission to fire back.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15905777
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11-27-2011, 12:00 AM
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Pakistan: Poor me, you attacked us for no reason! we love the western world and hate al queda
UN: yeah why was OBL in you country?
Pakistan: what? he wasn't here the whole time, he just showed up. You attacked us for no reason!
UN: yeah well you harbor terrorists and lie, you fund them with american Aid and lie about it.
Pakistan: you attacked us!
Those idiots are just that, idiots. the sooner the rest of the world gets tired of their garbage and removes them the better off we will be.
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11-27-2011, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by PIMking
Pakistan: Poor me, you attacked us for no reason! we love the western world and hate al queda
UN: yeah why was OBL in you country?
Pakistan: what? he wasn't here the whole time, he just showed up. You attacked us for no reason!
UN: yeah well you harbor terrorists and lie, you fund them with american Aid and lie about it.
Pakistan: you attacked us!
Those idiots are just that, idiots. the sooner the rest of the world gets tired of their garbage and removes them the better off we will be.
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Wow.
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11-27-2011, 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by PIMking
Pakistan: Poor me, you attacked us for no reason! we love the western world and hate al queda
UN: yeah why was OBL in you country?
Pakistan: what? he wasn't here the whole time, he just showed up. You attacked us for no reason!
UN: yeah well you harbor terrorists and lie, you fund them with american Aid and lie about it.
Pakistan: you attacked us!
Those idiots are just that, idiots. the sooner the rest of the world gets tired of their garbage and removes them the better off we will be.
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Oh boy.
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11-27-2011, 02:40 AM
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The most disturbing part about this story for me is the buffer they have afforded Obama. If this was a republican president the story would have been: "American solidiers killed 24 Pakistani soldiers". Instead it is a NATO operation. I suppose when those drones kill civilians it is NATO drones but, when they kill a wanted target it is an American strike.
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11-27-2011, 03:07 AM
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Govt's cooperation or not, 24 soldiers were killed and there is no excuse for that - especially if they were not a threat. If that's the case, investigation should be done and whoever is responsible should be put on trial.
I doubt that will ever happen - who cares right it were just 24 soldiers from some country.
And I wonder how many people would this incident cause to join the "bad" side. Imagine what you would do?
Last edited by Kipperriffic; 11-27-2011 at 03:09 AM.
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11-27-2011, 03:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PIMking
Pakistan: Poor me, you attacked us for no reason! we love the western world and hate al queda
UN: yeah why was OBL in you country?
Pakistan: what? he wasn't here the whole time, he just showed up. You attacked us for no reason!
UN: yeah well you harbor terrorists and lie, you fund them with american Aid and lie about it.
Pakistan: you attacked us!
Those idiots are just that, idiots. the sooner the rest of the world gets tired of their garbage and removes them the better off we will be.
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It has been this kind of attitude that has led to the resounding success that is American foreign policy.
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11-27-2011, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
America should retaliate by cutting off funding and aid to Pakistan. It sounds bad when I say this, but 24 Pakistani Solider's killed is a small number compared to the Nato soldiers killed by Pakistan's games
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Unfortunately, they have our balls in a vice. We need them so NATO can supply themselves. So we do the dance.
Honestly, this looks like a set up by Pakistan. Who knows what they want, more money, less of "whatever", etc...???
But honestly the BSdar is going nuts here. Steps....
1)Have the Taliban suck the NATO forces into close battle near the border. (seriously, if they could suck in SEAL Team 6....they could do it again)
2)Wait for the air support.
3)Start shooting at air support.
4)Wait for the body count....
5) Go balistic
Last edited by HOZ; 11-27-2011 at 07:48 AM.
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