Militants kill U.S., Pakistani troops in convoy attack

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Source: CNN

Militants kill U.S., Pakistani troops in convoy attack
POSTED: 9:38 a.m. EDT, May 14, 2007


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Militants opened fire Monday on a convoy, killing a U.S. and a Pakistani soldier and wounding several others near the Afghan frontier, the Pakistan army spokesman said.

Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad said unidentified "miscreants" -- a word normally used by Pakistani officials to describe Islamic militants -- fired at the convoy carrying military officials who attended a meeting in the northwestern town of Teri Mangal.

At least two other Pakistani soldiers and two Americans were wounded, he said.

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1. Things are going so well for that oil aren't they.

[maddezmom]

2. NATO troops in gunfight at Pakistan border meeting

KABUL, May 14 (Reuters) - A NATO soldier was killed and four wounded in an ambush by "unknown assailants" while they were returning to the Afghan side of the border after meeting Pakistani counterparts, a NATO statement said on Monday.

"One ISAF service member was killed and four ISAF service members wounded when they were ambushed by unknown assailants near Teri Mangel, Pakistan, after leaving a border meeting," the statement said, referring to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.

The NATO statement appeared to support Pakistan's version of the incident, and contradicted an Afghan defence ministry spokesman who had earlier accused a Pakistani officer of opening fire on Americans at the meeting, killing two and wounding two.

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