25 September 2008

Just what we need, another fucking war

al-Reuters has a story by Zeeshan Haider about Pakistani troops firing on US helicopters in Afghanistan:
Pakistani troops fired on U.S. helicopters on Thursday in a sharp escalation of tensions between the two allies, who gave conflicting accounts of the incident.
Pakistan's military said its soldiers fired warning shots at the helicopters after they intruded into Pakistani airspace. But the United States said the aircraft were operating inside Afghanistan.
"The flight path of the helicopters at no point took them over Pakistan," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.
"This is an unfortunate incident. It just goes to demonstrate the importance of coordination along that border," he added. "The Pakistanis have to provide us with a better understanding of why this took place."
Pakistani military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas said: "There were two helicopters from Afghanistan that crossed into Pakistani territory. Our soldiers fired warning shots and those helicopters returned fire and flew back."
Washington denied returning fire. There were no casualties, nor were the helicopters damaged.
Rico says we don't need this shit, but the Pakis are going to get stomped if they keep it up...

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