Pakistan: Death toll from NATO attack up to 15

[nadinbrzezinski]

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say the death toll from an alleged NATO helicopter attack on a Pakistani army checkpoint near the Afghan border has risen to 15 soldiers.

A Pakistani government official and a security official say the dead from Friday night's attack in the Mohmand tribal area include two officers. They said Saturday that the attack also wounded seven soldiers.

The government official was based in Mohmand and the security official in Peshawar, the main city in Pakistan's northwest. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

NATO officials in Kabul said Saturday they were aware of the incident, and would release more information after they were able to gather more facts about what happened.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gbbkDcc1WgqXp3aC79yvYTbZaCIA?docId=531f6d7566d045379df1037f079964d1

Hey guys and gals just in case you were thinking about things getting a tad hot...

Oh and Alp posted the BBC version at LBN

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x5071071

Oh and for completeness sake, here is the Guardian...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/26/nato-attack-pakistan-kills-eight?CMP=twt_fd

Oh and it is dang early so casualty numbers are quite fungible right now.

[msongs]

1. winning friends and influencing people - the bush agenda marches on under new management lol nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Well these friends also have nukes

so this could get a tad sticky... I doubt anybody is going to go there... none is that stupid...

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. And this is why I hate breaking nooz stories

BreakingNews Breaking News
Death toll in NATO Pakistan cross-border raid now at 25 with 14 wounded - Pakistani military officials via Reuters
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And yes that is THE REUTERS for those who hate Twitter, as in THE REUTERS NEWS AGENCY.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Oh goodie somebody's phone has to be ringing

BreakingNews Breaking News
Pakistan blocks NATO supplies to Afghanistan following strike on military checkpoint that killed 25 troops - Reuters
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

ooops

Oh and none is happy, this is just as predictable as water is wet

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. no nooz service is going into breaking nooz

on the tv...

[The Northerner]

6. How many more must die before the warmongering stops?

Afghanistan alone has been occupied for over 9 years and yet US military forces are supposed to "leave" by 2014?

How about NOW?!

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. 25 dead 15 wounded from a Chopper attack at night.

NATO calls it an incident.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/nato-hits-pakistan-checkpoint-25-troops-killed_743923.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Islamabad will call it at least an act of agression

if not worst.

Smoothing feathers on this will be not amusing

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. Its the headline news on BBC radio right now

in the place Where Empires Go To Die

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Well if anybody would know the Brits would

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. Genghis Khan could not hold onto Afghanistan.

The Median and Persian Empires, Alexander the Great, the Seleucids, the Indo-Greeks, Turks, Mongols, British and Soviets all met the end of their ambitions in Afghanistan.

[provis99]

12. context needed.

When all these empires conquered Afghanistan, they came to realize Afghanistan was essentially worthless, and left.

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. Sorry but the Silk Road was real as were Afghanistan's ancient treasures

Afghanistan and the Silk Road: The land at the heart of world trade'
http://unama.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=3919&ctl=Details&mid=3639&ItemID=8115



Ancient Treasures of Afghanistan. national Geographic.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mission/afghanistan-treasures/about.html




Its richness and strategic importance through history -BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/recent/sept_11/afghan_culture_01.shtml



Afghanistan Holds Enormous Bounty of Rare Earths, Minerals ..Today

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=afghanistan-holds-enormous-bounty-of-rare-earths

[provis99]

18. The US and Russians don't care about the Silk road.

What they did 2000 years ago doesn't matter.

[Ichingcarpenter]

14. The day before:'Pakistan defies US over Iran gas deal'

Pakistan says it will press ahead with its Iran gas pipeline deal despite a strong opposition by the United States, Press TV reports.

Pakistan's Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Friday that Islamabad will not accept any dictation regarding its internal affairs from any foreign country, adding that exporting gas from Iran is in the country's best interest.

The remarks came as a reaction to earlier pleas by Washington's Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter that the Pakistani government abort its multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project with Iran.

"Pak-Iran gas pipeline is not a good idea....However, the plan to get gas from Turkmenistan is a better idea," Press TV correspondent quoted Munter as saying on Friday.

http://en.trend.az/regions/world/ocountries/1961984.html

Its totally unrelated of course.

[xchrom]

15. Officials: NATO chopppers kill up to 28 Pakistani troops

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45442885/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

NATO helicopters attacked a military checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing up to 28 troops and prompting Pakistan to shut the vital supply route for NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan, Pakistani officials said.

The attack comes as relations between the United States and Pakistan, its ally in the war on militancy, are already badly strained following the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden by U.S. special forces in a secret raid on the Pakistani garrison town of Abbottabad in May.

In a statement sent to reporters, the Pakistan military blamed NATO for Friday's attack in the Mohmand tribal area, saying the helicopters "carried out unprovoked and indiscriminate firing."

Pakistan called that raid a flagrant violation of its territory.

[DCBob]

16. This is not going to go over well.

Incidents like this can change everything.

[DCBob]

17. Pakistan stops NATO supplies to Afghanistan

http://news.yahoo.com/nato-helicopters-attack-pakistan-post-eight-killed-045844890.html

This might the be the "incentive" to get out of Afghanistan earlier than planned.