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Pakistan Blames U.S. Coalition for Troops' Deaths

Date: June 11, 2008

Authors: Candace Rondeaux and Ann Scott Tyson

QUOTE: The Pakistani army blamed the troop deaths on a U.S. airstrike and condemned an attack it said "had hit at the very basis of cooperation" in the countries' joint battle against terrorism. The army statement called the airstrike "unprovoked and cowardly" and said that Pakistan's army maintained "the right to protect our citizens and soldiers against aggression."

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• Al Qaeda
• Department of Defense (DOD)/Defense Department
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Washington Post Newspaper

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• Government & Politics / History
• Middle East

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