NATO did not attack Pakistan post on purpose: US General

NATO did not attack Pakistan post on purpose: US General

US top military officer on Wednesday strongly rejected accusations from Pakistan that NATO deliberately killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last weekend.

General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that he was trying to discuss the incident with Pakistan behind closed doors.

“Candidly we don’t want to try to resolve this issue through the media. No offense,” he said in an interview as he flew back to Washington after a trip to London.

“The one thing I will say publicly and categorically is that this was not a deliberate attack.”

Dempsey declined to discuss details of the US military’s review into the incident, but questioned Nadeem’s logic.

“What in the world would we gain by attacking a Pakistan border post?” Dempsey asked.

Dempsey said the military was pouring over its own data from the incident.

“We’re in the process of reviewing radio traffic, gun tapes, all of the things that an investigation has to consider before I can really make any statement about the duration,” Dempsey said.

Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations in a press briefing said that NATO helicopters attacked the post in two sweeps. First a brief 10-15 minute attack, the second lasting over an hour.

During this time, NATO was told that their target was a Pakistan military outpost. However, the helicopters continued to press their attack. 

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Posted by Ammar Ahmad on Nov 30 2011. Filed under Latest News, Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry