3 U.S. Soldiers Die in Attack by Pakistan Militants

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Three American soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack Wednesday morning in an area known as a Taliban stronghold but which the Pakistani military had declared cleared of the militants, two Pakistani government officials said.

Two American soldiers were also wounded. The bomb, a remote-controlled device, was set off near a school in Lower Dir, a region adjacent to the troubled area of Swat, the officials said.

Maj. Gen. Althar Abbas, the spokesman for the Pakistani Army, said a Pakistani soldier and three children were also killed.

The American soldiers, who may have been part of a training unit, were en route to inspect a proposed site for small-scale development projects that were to be undertaken by the Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force that the American Army has been training, a senior official in the North-West Frontier Province said.

No American soldiers are formally stationed in Pakistan, as they are in Iraq and Afghanistan. The presence of American troops, mainly for intelligence and training missions, has been handled with extreme discretion because of the sensitivities of the Pakistani military and government. Sections of the Pakistani press have waged an anti-American campaign in recent months that has made the Pakistani authorities even more nervous about association with the United States and perceived infringements on the country’s sovereignty.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/world/asia/04pstan.html?ref=global-home&pagewanted=print

[Mari333]

1. all for nothing. knr

[spanone]

2. and PAKISTAN where of course, we don't have any military

:sarcasm:


why the fuck are troops on the ground in pakistan?????

[Mari333]

3. kick...no one challenges the huge MIC anymore

[theHandpuppet]

9. That was exactly my question

"Training mission" my ass.

[bdamomma]

4. so unnecessary, these regions have been tribal for centuries

we need to leave.

[Mari333]

5. k

[NNN0LHI]

6. The people we "accidentally" kill by "mistake" with our drone attacks have family and friends

Lot of them want revenge for those deaths. Just like a lot of Americans wanted revenge after 9/11.

I think this is going to take awhile. And not end good.

Don

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7. when will we learn we can't police the entire world?...or when will the military learn

[Mari333]

8. k

[Mari333]

10. k