Pakistan Halts Supplies to U.S.’s Afghanistan Troops After NATO Air Strike

[Cali_Democrat]

America is NOT wanted. It's time we pack up and get the hell out of the region. Nobody wants our missiles and bombs anymore as they bring nothing but death, destruction and misery.

Pakistan Halts Supplies to U.S.’s Afghanistan Troops After NATO Air Strike
By Haris Anwar and Anwar Shakir - Nov 28, 2011 2:07 AM PT

Supply trucks for American-led forces in Afghanistan backed up on Pakistani roads near the border after Pakistan closed transit routes following a NATO air strike that killed 24 of its troops.

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar told Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a phone call yesterday that the Nov. 25 attack by helicopter gunships triggered a “deep sense of rage” in the nuclear-armed nation, according to a foreign ministry statement. The incident reversed progress in repairing strained ties between the two countries, the statement said.

Pakistani TV channels showed trucks carrying shipping containers and fuel stranded near two Afghan border crossings, a traffic jam that in the past has left trucks and drivers vulnerable to attack by Islamic guerrillas. U.S. military officials have said their forces can sustain operations in Afghanistan for weeks in case of such a shutdown.

Pakistan also ordered U.S. officials to leave an airbase in the southwest that has served as a launching point for Predator unmanned aircraft used against Taliban and allied guerrillas on both sides of the border.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-28/pakistan-halts-supplies-to-u-s-s-afghanistan-troops-after-nato-air-strike.html

It's nice to see a country like Pakistan stand up to the imperialists. Hats off to them. Hopefully other countries in the area will follow Pakistan's lead and cut off US supplies into Afghanistan. Perhaps it's the only way to end the war once and for all.

[Vincardog]

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