Monday, September 15, 2008

Pakistan Air Force Begins Air Patrols Over North Waziristan


From Domain D:

Miramshah: Local tribals in Pakistan's North Waziristan frontier region are reported to be expressing relief at the sight of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16s operating air patrols in areas on the border with Afghanistan. The PAF action comes after stern warnings issued by civil and military Pakistani leaders against what they have dubbed unilateral cross-border actions by the US-led coalition forces including airspace violations by drones and ground incursions by coalition forces into tribal areas.

In the latest such attack at least 12 people were killed in North Waziristan in a suspected US missile attack, the second such strike in three days in the same region.

Reports emanating from the region say that a US drone was spotted in the skies above North Waziristan earlier during the day, but it disappeared as soon as Pakistani fighters appeared. The jets, spotted in the skies for the first time after a series of US attacks in the tribal belt, flew over the region for an hour.

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My Comment: They are waiting for an American Predator UAV or a U.S. helicopter to shoot down. They are sending a message .... but the question that I would like to have answered is .... are they ready to shoot down an American helicopter and kill American soldiers.

I personally think that they will. They are most closely allied to America's enemies than to America itself.

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