Geo Headline-22 April,2011 by Geo News
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Iraqi border guards have detained five Saudi arms dealers in the southern province of Najaf while trying to smuggle weapons, ammunition and drugs into the country.
The men were arrested in Najaf’s Waksa district on Monday as they were traveling in a car, carrying drugs, explosive-laden belts and fire arms fitted with silencers, local media reported.
Iraq’s Buratha news agency had earlier disclosed documents indicating Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, who heads the Saudi National Security Council, has appointed a new leader for the al-Qaeda cell operating in Iraq.
Known for his support for a number of regional terrorist groups, the prince has reportedly chosen a militant leader identified as Abu Suleiman as the new commander of al-Qaeda militants in Iraq.
Abu Suleiman holds both Saudi and Iraqi nationalities and replaces al-Qaeda leaders Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi who were killed earlier by Iraqi security forces.
Reports released by officials in Baghdad show tens of Saudi nationals are being held in Iraqi prisons over charges of terrorism.
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BY ADNAN S. KHAN
ANCHOR ANTHONY MARTINEZ
NATO helicopters allegedly opened fire on two Pakistani outpost killing over two dozen Pakistani troops. Here’s ABC
“Another blow to relations between US and Pakistan this morning. Pakistan is accusing US-led NATO helicopters of firing on an army checkpoint along the border with Afghanistan kiling at least 25 Pakistani soldiers. Pakistan immediately responded by closing a key border crossing to supply US troops in Afghanistan.”
Early reports estimated at least 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed. That number rose as high as 28. The Telegraph has the response, and apologies, from NATO commanders.
“The commander of the International Security and Assistance Force stated that he is personally paying the highest attention to this matter and that he is committed to thoroughly investigate and determine the facts. He expresses his sincere and personal heart felt condolences to the family and loved ones of any member of Pakistan security forces.”
That commander is none other that U.S. General John Allen. And his sincere apology is apparently not enough for Pakistani forces. Euronews reports Pakistan has already taken actions against NATO forces.
“In an apparent reprisal Afghan bound NATO supply trucks and fuel tankers have been prevented using a key route in Khyber region near Peshawar.”
It’s not the first time Pakistan has blocked supplies to U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. And Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reports usually such protest doesn’t last long.
“The last crisis occurred in September 2010 when Pakistan shut the main land route for NATO supplies at Torkham for 11 days after accusing NATO of killing three Pakistani troops in another attack in its northwest.”
CNN explains the reason these incidents occur is because of the difficulty of the terrain and distinguishing the border.
“This was a military check post, Pakistani officials say, in Mohmand agency — this is a district that sits right next to the Afghan border. There’s a lot of militant activity here…
And a writer for American Thinker speculates on the worst-case scenario to follow this incident.
“Our drone attacks have been very successful in striking at the leadership of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. But they are highly dependent on intel passed on by the Pakistani ISI and military. That cooperation may dry up in the aftermath of this incident, which will hinder our operations in the Northwest Frontier Provinces.”
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The American commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan says he will investigate what Pakistan has called a deliberate assault on its border.
NATO aircraft killed more than two dozen Pakistani soldiers on Saturday. The alleged attack comes as the latest source of tension in a difficult year for Pakistan-US. relations following the US air raid into the Pakistani military town of Abottabad to kill Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Pakistan responded by closing a supply route to NATO’s Afghanistan mission, and ordered the U.S. to leave an airbase.
Al Jazeera’s Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington.
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