Nato air attack on Pakistani troops was self-defence, says senior western official

[nadinbrzezinski]

An attack by Nato aircraft on Pakistani troops that allegedly killed as many as 28 soldiers and looks set to further poison relations between the US and Pakistan was an act of self-defence, a senior western official has claimed.

According to the Kabul-based official, a joint US-Afghan force operating in the mountainous Afghan frontier province of Kunar was the first to come under attack in the early hours of Saturday morning, forcing them to return fire.

The high death toll from an incident between two supposed allies suggests Nato helicopters and jets strafed Pakistani positions with heavy weapons.

The deadliest friendly fire incident since the start of the decade-long war also prompted Pakistan to ban Nato supply trucks from crossing into Afghanistan and to issue an order demanding the US quit the remote Shamsi airbase, from which the US has operated some unmanned drone aircraft.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/26/nato-air-attack-pakistan-soldiers?CMP=twt_fd

Some people still have news services...oh and as they say no longer oops, but self defense...plot thickens.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Kick

We may see a war come to sudden end...'thing about logistics.

[Selatius]

2. Wars have started this way. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Or in this case, most likely, ended

there goes a reliable supply chain through the Khyber pass.

The other routes, central asia, are not reliable and way too long.

Watch fr troop pullout.