AgNoStiC MuSliM
ADVISORS
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2007
- Messages
- 25,259
- Reaction score
- 87
- Country
- Location
Pakistan fury over U.S. 'hot pursuit' attack - CNN.comAccording to the U.S. official, two U.S. Air Force F-15E aircraft bombed a suspected militant location inside Pakistan when fighters fled there after conducting an ambush on the Afghan side of the border.
According to the U.S. account of events, U.S. and Pakistani military officials tracked the militants as they fled across the border and the location was verified by a U.S. drone flying overhead as well as the Pakistanis.
The U.S. military then sent the warplanes which dropped four bombs on the location inside Pakistan. The planes used three 500-pound bombs and a single laser-guided bomb. The official said the mission was permitted under the rules of engagement which allow "hot pursuit" across the border of suspected militants when locations were verified.
The militants were tracked by both sides, and locations verified by both, so what happened ?
Was this an FC patrol that happened to come across the same area the militants were fleeing into, and got targeted by NATO perhaps?