NATO denies firing mortars into Pakistan

[unhappycamper]

NATO denies firing mortars into Pakistan
September 11, 2010
AFP

The US embassy in Islamabad has denied claims that NATO soldiers in Afghanistan fired mortars across the Pakistan border, killing at least three people.

Officials in the militant-infested Pakistan region of North Waziristan on Friday claimed shells fired by coalition forces battling Taliban fighters in the Afghan province of Khost had smashed into houses in Saidgi village.

But in a statement issued on Friday, the embassy said the claims were "completely false".

"According to NATO International Security Assistance Force officials, coalition forces in Afghanistan fired no mortars into Pakistan, nor were they engaged in combat operations in the vicinity of the border area near Saidgi," the statement said.

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US forces have been waging a drone war against Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked commanders in the northwestern tribal belt, where the leaders of a nearly nine-year insurgency in Afghanistan are believed to be based.



unhappycamper comment: Uuuuuuh. NSA taps every fucking email, every fucking telephone call and every fucking internets click of every fucking American 24/7 and you 'believe' the bad guys are in North Waziristan? Talk about the 'Fog Of War' or should I say 'The Fog Of Bullshit'.........