Pakistan slams 'cowardly' U.S. for killing 11 soldiers

Friday 13th June, 06:39 AM JST

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some14some at 08:17 AM JST - 13th June

No need to explain further....call it a 'friendly-fire' and friendship between Bush-Mush will last until Jan. 2009
rjd_jr at 08:44 AM JST - 13th June

And then people wonder where this anti american sentiment comes from. Just another casual 'so sorry collateral damage' malarkey. Who cares if its allies or women and babies that die from airstrikes, its the 'terrorists' fault.'
skipthesong at 09:47 AM JST - 13th June

Who cares if its allies or women and babies that die from suicide bombers, its the 'infidels'' fault.'" There I fixed if for you.
unscrejects at 12:35 PM JST - 13th June

Saw the Pentagon video - ha ha ha.... someones fixin' to get fired. What a crock! It was the same video they showed about two years ago. I am 100% certain. Besides, the date pops - 2006. This is what happens when you can't speak the same language with your allies and your pilot has no geographic skills to tell where the hell he's taking his drone. DRONE???? I said drone didn't I? SO did the Pentagon's video release. But a day before they said US fighter jets!
USNinJapan2 at 06:02 PM JST - 13th June

If Pakistan was really cooperating the plane dropping the ordnance would have been Pakistani...
Loki520 at 08:38 PM JST - 13th June

Hey... 15 taliban killed a few klicks away. Were still up by 4.
Triumvere at 11:03 PM JST - 13th June

Not to sound insensitive, but it's a war after all. People get killed.
Sarge at 11:14 PM JST - 13th June

Truimvere - Some people think that in this age of high-tech weaponry, etc., that there isn't supposed to be any casualties among the good guys/innocents. War is still hell.
OssanULTRA at 11:52 PM JST - 13th June

"Pakistan on Thursday said a “cowardly” air strike by U.S.-led forces killed 11 Pakistani troops on Wednesday near the Afghan border and warned that it had harmed cooperation in the war against terrorism."

Mistaken accidental bombing (frendly fire) is neither "cowardly" nor "courageous", it is simply a mistake. This kind of stupid comment from the Pakistanis "harms cooperation in the war against terrorism". And while were're at it if the Pakistanis weren't so deep in bed with the Taliban I suspect we could have put an end to them a couple years ago. When are we going to really shake them down so they stop playing games with us and the world?
DXXJP at 01:38 AM JST - 14th June

When is the pentagon going to show what really happened instead of saving their ass photos. Notice the was no date or any other useful information on the film.
WilliB at 01:55 AM JST - 14th June

This was in cooperation with the Pakistan military. (Only apparently they did not pass on the information to the Talibans in time.)

Now, Obama has promised he will bomb Pakistan even without permission. Wait for things to get really interesting.
Triumvere at 08:41 AM JST - 14th June

Sarge,

There does seem to be a severe disconnect concerning the public and military matters. People don't seem grasp even the basics of how things work or have any grounding in miliatry history to tell them what to expect. DXXJP (and others') post does bring up a good point, however; while I know nothing about the circumstances in this particular case, the brass does not always react well (or truthfully) to these incidents, making already skeptical public cynical about military matters.
SezWho2 at 09:32 AM JST - 14th June

Oh, I think people expect mistakes to happen in time of war. I just don't think the Pakistanis expected coalition forces to kill Pakistani troops in Pakistan, especially when the two sides had been in communication.

Anyway, "war is hell" is, I think, the wrong attitude. The right attitude would be: "Was this a mistake? If so, how did it happen? How can we minimize the chance of it happening again? If not, why did we do it? Were we correct in doing it?" I think that would be the right attitude in carrying out air strikes in another country.
fldpi at 09:52 AM JST - 14th June

DXXJP "When is the pentagon going to show what really happened instead of saving their ass photos. Notice the was no date or any other useful information on the film."

Nothing stops the BBC from choosing sides as to who beat up whom with baseball bats before any evidence comes in AT ALL except the time on the vid and some hearsay. Treat us like jury's media! Facts and nothing besides! Stop 'splainin it to us.

PLUS, If people are willing to suicide for the cause in droves, why in God's name would they NOT dupe coalition forces into actions that have this desired effect? You can't safely presume loyalties anywhere in the ME.