politically correct thread:American helicopter RPG attack pakistan earthquake aid

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  1. vincent Sir Vincent, knighted by HM Registered Senior Member

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    Last Updated: Tuesday, 1 November 2005, 18:15 GMT


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    US quake helicopter 'fired upon'



    The US says the incident will not affect aid flights

    The US military says it believes that a rocket-propelled grenade has been fired at one of its helicopters delivering aid in earthquake-hit Kashmir.

    The US military said the CH-47 Chinook was flying near Chakothi when the incident occurred at 1345 local time.

    However, Pakistan said it believed the firing was mistaken for dynamiting taking place to clear landslides.

    It said the incident would not affect US relief operations. The US has more than 20 helicopters delivering aid.

    Map of earthquake zone

    Chakothi is 10kms from the Line of Control that divides Pakistani and Indian-administered Kashmir. Militant groups opposed to India are based in the region.

    Pakistan says 57,000 people were killed in the 8 October earthquake and three million made homeless.

    'Misheard'

    The US helicopters are part of a huge international aid effort trying to bring relief to victims before the harsh Himalayan winter sets in.

    The US military said: "A United States Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter flying in the vicinity of Chakothi delivering relief aid to earthquake victims is believed to have been fired upon by a rocket-propelled grenade today."

    It said the helicopter returned safely to base at Chaklala at 1430 and an investigation was under way.




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    Pakistan's military spokesman, Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan, told the AFP news agency the helicopter crew had mistaken grenade fire for a dynamite blast carried out to clear landslides.

    "Our investigation revealed that it was blasting on the roadside by engineers, under way exactly at that time when the helicopters was flying over the area," Gen Sultan said.

    He said the US was "satisfied with the explanation".

    However, US Commander Nick Balice at the Disaster Assistance Centre public affairs office in Islamabad, said: "Our air crew is familiar with RPG fire,"

    Before the incident, the US military had promised to keep flying its helicopters in northern Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir through the winter and urged other nations to continue their efforts too.

    Rear Adm Mike LeFever, commander at the Disaster Assistance Centre, said: "We are not going to diminish our helicopter support. This is long-term support. We are going to be standing by our friends, and we expect the other international communities to be able to do that."

    His stance was reiterated by Commander Balice after the Chinook incident. He said it would not affect flights.

    Pakistan's official death toll from the quake is now 57,597, with 78,800 injured.

    More than two-thirds of the casualties were in Pakistan-administered Kashmir while 18,000 died in North-West Frontier Province.

    Another 1,300 people died in Indian-administered Kashmir.

    The UN says about 800,000 people still have no shelter.

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    Pakistan yesterday a American helicopter was shot at while delivering aid to pakistan people after the earthquake.

    Now we must not all jump to conclusions and say pakistan people were behind this attack.

    It could have been foreign tourists on holiday there, it is possible they could have smuggled a RPG on the plane from there original country, intending to discredit local pakistan people by shooting down a American helicopter.

    Please be opened minded on this and dont blame muslims, it could have have any other religon in pakistan behind this attack,

    a possible scenario is a nun with a rpg hidden up her frock, or a buddhist monk with one leg using his other fake leg as a rpg launcher.

    politically correct replies only dont sterotype or accuse religons, even if news reports do, we must look at the big picture here, every thing we here and eat could be fake, we are all living in a giant conspiracy bubble created by the united nations.
     
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  3. Asguard Kiss my dark side Valued Senior Member

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    Vince i already closed this thread once, be warned if it comes up again that is reason for me to call for you to be banned for overiding a mod edit or deletion.
     
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  5. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    vincent:

    You didn't read your own article. The US apparently mistook dynamiting of landslides for a rocket attack.
     
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