NATO moved Sunday to contain the damage from the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers, seeking to soothe Islamabad’s rage against the US and its military allies in Afghanistan over the air strike. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stopped short of issuing a full apology to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for the “tragic, unintended” killings, which he deemed “regrettable”. An official said allies had sought to ascertain “exactly what was meant” by Pakistan’s public position and to prevent lasting damage from the suspension of supply lines for Afghanistan and an order for US troops to leave a secretive air base in Pakistan. “I have written to the prime minister of Pakistan to make it clear that the deaths of Pakistani personnel are as unacceptable and deplorable as the deaths of Afghan and international personnel,” Rasmussen said in a statement, deeming the strike “a tragic unintended incident”. Pakistan conveyed its “rage” to the United States over the incident. An ISAF investigation into the incident is likely to ask whether Afghan and American troops on the Afghan side of the border were fired upon first – whether by insurgents or Pakistani military. “I fully support the ISAF investigation which is currently underway,” Rasmussen said of the ISAF fighting the war and which includes non-NATO allies. “We will determine what happened, and draw the right lessons,” Rasmussen added.
WESTERN OFFICIAL: Meanwhile, a Western official and a senior Afghan security official claimed on Sunday that NATO and Afghan forces came under fire from across the border with Pakistan before NATO aircraft attacked the Pakistani army post.
RASMUSSEN won’t apologise because the attack was premeditated and planned to teach us a lesson.
Just follow my train of thought for a moment.
OBL killed by US raid into Pakistan.
Someone tries to sell Pakistan out but we only find this out after Admiral Mullen basically calls us two faced liars and the NATO base in Kabul is attacked by insurgents who Mullen claims are our boys.
Next; Pakistan’s ambassador to Washington is recalled to defend himself. The MEMOGATE scandal ignites and Mullen adds to the sinister conspiracy by first saying he got no memo and then saying he did but ignored it.
Haqqani forced to resign and just before the new Pakistan ambassador can get to Washington and work her charm and winning smile, our border posts are destroyed by Nato/US aircraft guided by Afghan soldiers in territory claimed by Kabul.
Then yesterday the BBC runs the first part of a series called “Secret Pakistan” that shows Taliban, Afghan and even a Pakistani Judge (?) claiming that Pakistan is playing a double game and helping terrorists to kill in the west and fight in Afghanistan.
Is this all coincidence or is it likely that some plan is underway to neutralize Pakistan and our nuclear assets before NATO pulls out of Afghanistan with its tail between its legs in certain knowledge that the incompetent and corrupt Karzai government will be lucky to last a year after NATO boots are off the ground?
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