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| Rockets fired at suspected US base in Pakistan |
| 2002-06-24 |
| Unknown assailants® fired two rockets at a remote northwest Pakistan base where US forces are believed to be staying. The rockets exploded late on Sunday just 50 metres from the headquarters of the paramilitary Tochi Scouts in the town of Mir Ali, near Miranshah on the Afghan border. "The rockets caused no loss of life or property," a local official said. Security forces also recovered two unexploded rockets from fields near Datta Khel, five kilometres from a vocational institute in Miranshah believed to house US Federal Bureau of Investigation agents. The timer-fitted rockets were aimed at the Miranshah building but security forces defused them before they went off. Yesterday's assault was the sixth rocket attack against the US presence around the tribal town since last month. There have been no casualties. The Pakistani government today denied a Pentagon report that 1,100 American troops are operating inside the country but said US intelligence and communications experts were advising local forces. I guess if we're going to have people firing rockets at us, it's best that they're too incompetent to actually hit anything. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |