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Orakzai chopper crash, a heavy blow to Pak Army before S.Waziristan offensive
South East Asia News.Net
Saturday 4th July, 2009 (ANI)
Islamabad, July 4 : Friday's helicopter crash in which 26 security personel were killed in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Orakzai Agency, is being seen as a serious blow to the Pakistan Army ahead of the its planned all out offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan.
The ISPR may have denied any foul play in the M-17 crash saying a technical snag had triggered the crash, but sources said that extremists hiding in the terrains targeted the military chopper with sophisticated artillery.
"This is a utility helicopter. Because of technical faults, it crashed in Orakzai.There is no operation in Orakzai. It was flying over from a destination in FATA and going back to Peshawar," the ISPR spokesperson Major General Athar Abbas said.
Reports of exchange of fire between the troops who were sent to the accident site to retrieve the bodies and carry out relief work, and the militants were also received, The Nation reports.
Military officials said that an investigation would be carried out into the crash, which according to them was caused by technical failure, as the M-17 pilot had put out a 'Mayday alert' just before the fatal crash.
Meanwhile, German news agency, DPA said that the Taliban has claimed the responsibility for shooting down the military chopper.  Email this story to a friend
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pakistani
07-04-09, 07:18 PM |
Orakzai chopper crash, a heavy blow to Pak Army before S.Waziristan offensive
pak afghan tribal belt was n will always remain the graveyard for unsuccessfull occupiers.zardari n rehman malik will leave the scene like musharaf n gen kayani will regret after his retirement.but unfortunately pak army will loose much more then 65,71 n kargal n for sure will keep on loosing lot of good men.as far as nato is concern , i have all my doubts regardind there new aggressive tactics.i m a very humble and illinformed pakistani but even a stupid can forsee a catastroph n massive failure in this region.i wish gen patreus may feel some pain for us while taking the command in his hand n start looking at the possibility of reconciliation with influencial pashtun groups.comd centcom in complete innocence is heavily relying on pak army n disgracefull politicians of ppp,ANP n PML N without realising that the real players ie pashtuns of tribal belt n afghanistan dont give a shit to these suckers as these cowards were always the occupied ones since last 7 or 8 centuries.i would recommend direct talks between nato and real commanders n tribal chiefs on ground while taking KSA and iran both in confidence.because in my assesment pakistanis r going to get very heavy beating in tribal belt.this is my personal opinion based on historic facts so pl dont get offended.
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