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| US refutes claims of 19,000 US containers "missing" from Karachi |
| 2013-09-06 |
| [Dawn] The US embassy in Islamabad on Thursday refuted media reports suggesting 19,000 shipping containers belonging to the US and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had been stolen from Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... ports. The head of the Sindh Rangers paramilitary force, Maj-Gen Rizwan Akhtar, told the Supreme Court last week that about 19,000 containers had gone missing a few years ago and that a shipload of arms and ammunition had been brought to Karachi and their whereabouts was never ascertained. Local media reports suggested the containers carrying weapons may have belonged to NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... forces in Afghanistan. Rejecting the reports, a statement from the US embassy said media suggestions that US or ISAF containers were stolen, including containers that contain weapons and ammunition, were false. "While the United States routinely uses Karachi ports for both diplomatic and military shipments, neither the United States nor ISAF has ever shipped weapons or ammunition via Karachi ports," said the statement. The statement said US government and ISAF cargo shipments were subject to inspection by Pak customs authorities and that the US tracks and accounts for all military cargo shipments worldwide, including shipments entering and transiting Pakistain. "We have engaged the appropriate Pak authorities on this topic. We have underscored that the United States is able to account for all shipments that have arrived in and transited Karachi ports," said the US embassy. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "Totaly wrong! Only 18793 containers are missing!"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-09-06 07:31 |