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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Pakistan Was Consulted Before Fatal Hit

Once again we get blamed and held responsible for other people's FUBAR.
Deadly Border Strike Came After Forces Were Told Area Was Clear of Pakistani Troops.


WASHINGTON—Pakistani officials at a border coordination center gave the go-ahead to American airstrikes that inadvertently killed 24 Pakistan troops, unaware that their own forces were in the area, according to U.S. officials briefed on the preliminary investigation.

U.S. officials, giving their first detailed explanation of the worst friendly-fire incident of the 10-year-old war in Afghanistan, said an Afghan-led assault force that included American commandos were hunting Taliban militants when they came under fire from an encampment along the Afghan-Pakistan border.

The commandos thought they were being fired upon by militants. But the assailants turned out to be Pakistani military personnel ...

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