Pakistan Says US Airstrike Killed 11 of Its Soldiers
Thursday 12 June 2008
by: Carlotta Gall and Graham Bowley, The New York Times
http://www.truthout.org/article/pakistan-says-us-airstrike-killed-11-its-soldiers
Pakistani villagers carry a coffin of a Pakistan paramilitary soldier who lost his life during a clash at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. Pakistan's army has accused the US-led coalition of killing 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops in an airstrike along the Afghan border. (Photo: AP / Moahammad Sajjad)
Islamabad, Pakistan - The Pakistani Army broadly condemned on Wednesday what it said was an airstrike by United States-led coalition forces that killed 11 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers during a clash with Afghan troops on the border with Afghanistan late Tuesday.
Calling the airstrike "unprovoked and cowardly," the Pakistani military said the deaths "hit at the very basis of cooperation" in the battle against terrorism, according to an army statement quoted by news agencies. "Such acts of aggression do not serve the common cause of fighting terrorism," it said.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
PAKISTAN IS TICKED OFF AT US BECAUSE AN AIR STRIKE KILLED 11 OF THEIR SOLDIERS
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Our soldiers are already being demonized from the mullahs and politicians at home for trying to protect us from extremists.
Now they're also getting killed like this and it's terrible. I just wish they could get some relief from all this and be recognized for what they're doing.
Saiiad:
Please accept my condolences on the part of the USA for this horrible tragedy. There is just no excuse for this kind of killing to happen.
Bill Corcoran,Editor, Corksphere.
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