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| RPG apparently fired at U.S. military quake relief helicopter |
| 2005-11-01 |
| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A rocket-propelled grenade apparently was fired at a U.S. military helicopter ferrying relief supplies to quake victims in Pakistan's portion of disputed Kashmir on Tuesday, but the aircraft was not hit and nobody was injured, a spokesman said. The attack occurred as the helicopter was flying over Chakothi, a quake-ravaged town near the Line of Control that separated Pakistan's portion of the Himalayan region from the area controlled by India, Capt. Rob Newell, a spokesman for the U.S. military relief effort, told The Associated Press. "A United States Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter that was flying in the vicinity of Chakothi delivering relief to earthquake victims is believed to have been fired on by a rocket-propelled grenade today around 1:45 p.m.," he said, adding "the aircraft was not hit and returned safely with its crew" to an air base near the capital. Newell said the U.S. Army and the Pakistani government were investigating. But Pakistani army spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan told AP that he doubted that any such attack took place, noting that road clearing engineers were blasting a road near where the helicopters were flying. "The blast was huge enough to kick up dust which the pilot probably misunderstood as rocket fire," he said. Sultan said Pakistani army troops carried out a cordon and search operation and spoke to witnesses on the ground, none of whom reported a rocket attack. |
| Posted by:john |
| #9 Why do our countries continue to help these ungrateful, arrogant a!@#$%&s. Call me insensitive but i just dont care about the victims of this disaster. Not a cent out of my own wallet will be contributed to them. The same thing happened in Indonesia, the world came to it's rescue and all they ever done was complain about how the infidels are on their land. My govt. is still sending millions of dollars to Indo. and all they do is spit in our face. Millions of dollars is going to a corrupt government, i wonder where the money will end up? Probably back on our home soil in the form of a terrorist attack. |
| Posted by: God Save The World AKA Oztralian 2005-11-01 22:53 |
| #8 Drop leaflets requesting the villagers to identify those who atttempted to interfere with providing their relief. If there is no action, switch over our food aid to nothing but diet grape soda and unsalted rice cakes then tell them they can haul it in on donkeys. These ingrates can go screw a knothole. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-01 21:17 |
| #7 B-A-R is right on. RPGs and other ordinance fired at our helicopter mercy flights are grounds for termination of said flights. We are fighting a war in Afghanistan, not Kashmir. Pull the plug on the Paks if this happens and tell the world, and cc Kofi, too, why we are doing it. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-11-01 19:45 |
| #6 When you lie as often and as consistently as Pak spokesmen, this comes automatically. His problem is this, the village is on the LOC, manned by more than a hundred thousand Pak troops. Yet jihadis are everywhere. |
| Posted by: john 2005-11-01 18:05 |
| #5 "The blast was huge enough to kick up dust which the pilot probably misunderstood as rocket fire," he said. I'm inclined to think Army helicopter pilots can differentiate between 'dust' and a self-propelled projectile. It's that training thingy. Sorry, General: what you're selling, I'm not buying. |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-11-01 17:52 |
| #4 Well that's gratitude for you. Maybe next time we'll just sit out the aid thing... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-01 17:38 |
| #3 All they get are UAV drones from this point forward. Armed with Hellfire missiles. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-11-01 16:50 |
| #2 Good luck with that malnutrition thing. Let us know how you make out with the UN running in your supplies. Bye now... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-11-01 16:50 |
| #1 send in Gunships with em too take out the rpg men, second thought just dont bother giving em anything. |
| Posted by: Shep UK 2005-11-01 16:48 |