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Following a NATO strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last month and dropped U.S.-Pakistani relations to a new low, U.S. personnel have started leaving Shamsi air base in Pakistan, a senior Pakistan Army official confirmed to Fox News on Sunday.
According to the official, U.S. cargo planes arrived at Shamsi air base to take equipment and other gear used by U.S. personnel out of the country. The move comes after Pakistan told the U.S. last month to leave within 15 days following a drone strike that U.S. and Afghan officials say was ordered to protect troops being fired upon at the Afghan-Pakistan border.
The U.S. offered condolences for the loss, though it has not admitted guilt for a deliberate attack on Pakistani forces. On Sunday, President Obama called Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to make “clear that this regrettable incident was not a deliberate attack on Pakistan.” A statement from the White House said both leaders “reaffirmed their commitment” to the relationship and “agreed to stay in close touch.”
Read more: foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/04/us-begins-pulling-drones-from-pakistan-airbase/#ixzz1fbTd9tGD
Obama mucked up Iraq, helped to put Islamists into power in Egypt and Libya and now I guess we are doomed to lose Afghanistan as well.
According to the official, U.S. cargo planes arrived at Shamsi air base to take equipment and other gear used by U.S. personnel out of the country. The move comes after Pakistan told the U.S. last month to leave within 15 days following a drone strike that U.S. and Afghan officials say was ordered to protect troops being fired upon at the Afghan-Pakistan border.
The U.S. offered condolences for the loss, though it has not admitted guilt for a deliberate attack on Pakistani forces. On Sunday, President Obama called Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to make “clear that this regrettable incident was not a deliberate attack on Pakistan.” A statement from the White House said both leaders “reaffirmed their commitment” to the relationship and “agreed to stay in close touch.”
Read more: foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/04/us-begins-pulling-drones-from-pakistan-airbase/#ixzz1fbTd9tGD
Obama mucked up Iraq, helped to put Islamists into power in Egypt and Libya and now I guess we are doomed to lose Afghanistan as well.