Pakistan fury over U.S. 'hot pursuit' attack

[Canuck_Buck]

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan has expressed outrage at a U.S. airstrike in a disputed region along the Afghan border that it says killed 11 of its forces who were cooperating with the U.S.-led war on terror.

The U.S. military said it carried out an airstrike and fired against "anti-Afghan forces" shortly after they attacked coalition forces in Afghanistan's Konar province on Tuesday. The military statement did not say where the airstrike occurred, but stressed that coalition ground forces did not cross into Pakistan.

A U.S. official with knowledge of the reports told CNN that Tuesday's airstrike targeted suspected militants who had fled into Pakistan after conducting an ambush on the Afghan side of the border.

The official said Pakistani military officials worked with the U.S. forces to track the militants as they fled across the border into Pakistan. He said the mission was permitted under the rules of engagement which allow "hot pursuit" across the border of suspected militants when locations are verified.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/11/pakistan.troops.killed/index.html

But Pakistan's military -- which described the airstrike as a "completely unprovoked and cowardly act" -- had a much different account of what happened.

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I personally like this "hot pursuit" idea. Aught Six do you think this reaction by the Paki's is further to the insider Musharraf enemies looking to oust him ?

[oldelkhunter]

The new Pakistani regime might not be asfriendly to the US as Musharaf was .

[Champlain Islander]

The allies we have over there are all on paper. in reality they all hate us in varying degrees. If it weren't for the oil we wouldn't be there and couldn't care less about any of them. They are all a bunch of towel heads and all of them will eventually be our enemy.

[oldelkhunter]

The allies we have over there are all on paper. in reality they all hate us in varying degrees. If it weren't for the oil we wouldn't be there and couldn't care less about any of them. They are all a bunch of towel heads and all of them will eventually be our enemy.

If one were to base our judgement of a country based on theMedias projection one would assume that but in reality there are people there that are just like you and I working day to day to make a living. We will always hear about the extremists. Pakistan needs us more then we need them . We get an awful lot of cheap labor goods from them and that market has opened up with Musharaf in power.

[falcon]

The allies we have over there are all on paper. in reality they all hate us in varying degrees.

Bingo!!! Musharaff was playing both sides, sure that the new bunch will do the same or worse.

They are all a bunch of towel heads and all of them will eventually be our enemy

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Everymedia outlet in the Arab middle eastpreaches hate Israel crap and, by extension, hateAmerica crap. The second most covered thing is all the wonderful stuffyour dictator has done for you today.The Sauds are peeing in their panties in fear of Iran. They are buying billions of dollars of military equipment that theirmilitary cannot maintain.

[heavy hitter]

we dropped a bomb on our friend pakistan? hmmm, when obama suggests we may need to do that everyone calls him crazy. strange.

[oldelkhunter]

we dropped a bomb on our friend pakistan? hmmm, when obama suggests we may need to do that everyone calls him crazy. strange.

Oh yeah the world will shake when a ultra liberal does some saber rattling.

[Champlain Islander]

ORIGINAL: oldelkhunter


Oh yeah the world will shake when a ultra liberal does some saber rattling.

You make a great point. I'll give George this....he made the world realize that a hit on our soil won't go unpunished.I guess it doesn't matter who we punish but we did it anyway. Obama will be a laissez faire leader. No I didn't call him a lazy fairy...just a limp wristed president.

[Sliverflicker]

Our first check to Pakistan for being our ally on the war on terror was to the tune of 100,000,000.00, dont know how much more we have paid them since the War in Afghanistan started. Being that part of the Highjacking/Bombers were form Pakistan looks like they would have given us a better rate.

But that was a deal compared to what they paid Chablies (you know the Bank Fraud Dude from Jordan), he got about a 10th that much for himself for bad information and then turned 00 spy on us and turned over secret information to Iran.

Any one else on here ever wounder what Porter Goss and the Pakistanies were talking about when their breakfast was interrupted and told the WTC had been bombed?

[don128]

I do agree with you SilverFicker. No one seems to care to hear the truth, seems,.