U.S., Pakistan To Probe Deadly Airstrike

Countries To Conduct Joint Inquiry Into Attack That Pakistan Says Killed 11 Of Its Soldiers

(CBS/ AP)  The United States said Friday it will conduct a joint investigation with Pakistan of an anti-terrorism mission along the Afghan border that Pakistan says killed 11 of its soldiers.

The two countries have agreed to look into the matter together in hopes of preventing anything similar from happening again, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said after a meeting between the top diplomats for both countries.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi that the U.S. regrets the incident, Boucher said. The two are in Paris for a fundraising conference devoted to Afghanistan.

"We need to find out how and why it happened - what exactly happened," Boucher said, "get to the bottom of it jointly and then figure out how to make sure we avoid this in the future."

Senior western diplomats have said the U.S. attack was provoked by the presence of a group of Taliban fighters close to the military post at the time of the attack, reports CBS News' Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad.

One western diplomat based in Islamabad told CBS News on condition of anonymity that “this was just not a U.S.-targeted aimed at Pakistani troops. This was an accident. The Pakistanis got caught in the cross fire.”

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that he invited Pakistan and Afghanistan to be part of a U.S. investigation into the incident.

The U.S. and Pakistan remained at odds in their versions of the clash on the Afghan border. An insurgent attack inside Afghanistan prompted American planes to drop bombs.

Boucher said the U.S. is not accepting responsibility for the deaths, and U.S. officials have disputed Pakistan's account of the incident, which took place Tuesday night.

Both sides said their cooperation against terrorism will continue.

"They agreed to continue their cooperation in their joint fight against terrorism," said a statement from Qureshi's office in Islamabad.

Pakistan condemned the bombing and some leaders suggested the government should rethink its close alliance with Washington.

[terrorislami]

Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. ~D.H. Lawrence, Classical American Literature, 1922

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain. John Adams

%u201CAdmittedly there is a risk in any course we follow other than this, but every lesson in history tells us that the greater risk lies in appeasement, and this is the specter our well-meaning liberal friends refuse to face--that their policy of accommodation is appeasement, and it gives no choice between peace and war, only between fight and surrender.%u201D (President Reagan, 1964. Rendezvous with Destiny)

[terrorislami]

USA''''s PLEDGE 2 THE WORLD GIVEN BY JFK!!!

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty." - John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961

"Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom. The cause of liberty, the cause of American, cannot succeed with any lesser effort."-- President John F. Kennedy, January 29, 1961

One ought never to turn one''''s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." Albert Einstein

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke

[terrorislami]

TAKE NO PRISONERS,,,

we have defeated fascist nazi terrorislam before,,,

after america became a country,,, fascist nazi terrorislam demanded that america pay protection money or they would attack americas ships and enslave all on board,,,

thomas jefferson and james madison was having non of that,,, and they sent americas military to kick fascist nazi terrorislams arses in barbary war one and barbary war two,,, why two wars,,, fascist nazi terrorislamists break treaties,,, sound familiar??? can you say iraq,,,

It is a settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute. The United States, while they wish for war with no nation, will buy peace with none. President James Madison

[terrorislami]

THE NATION WILL LIVE TO REGRET WHAT THE COURT HAS DONE TODAY,,,

VOTE DEMONIC-RAT AT YOUR PERIL,,,

DEMONIC-RAT UN-SUPREME COURT JUDGES TRASH THE CONSTITUTION,,,

Scalia asserted that the decision will have dire consequences. He warned that some detainees will be freed and return to war against America: "The nation will live to regret what the court has done today."

Supreme Court maintains post-9/11 course on Gitmo
The Supreme Court''''''''''''''''s 5-4 decision Thursday declaring for the first time that Guantanamo detainees have a constitutional right to a hearing in U.S. courts is a milestone. It also reinforces a familiar court pattern in the post-9/11 world of insisting on judicial review of detainee cases.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2008-06-12-court-pattern_N.htm
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/12/supremecourt/main4175226.shtml

[ajmarine111]

AJMarine111,,,, Nobody knows where he is, they lost track in 2001


Posted by j-whitman at 06:08 PM : Jun 13, 2008


I know J, it''s just that I''ve been hearing people say that we should be looking for OBL in Pakistan and when we do something, someone wants to know what we are doing that for.

Just can''t do anything right it seems.

[inventagod2]

''Why are we bombing Pakistan--don''t we have enough to do in Iraq and Afganistan?''

Bu$hCo is just warming up for the Iran/North Korea invasions...

[j-whitman]

AJMarine111,,,, Nobody knows where he is, they lost track in 2001

[inventagod2]

After all the lies
This administration has told
I do not believe
anything they print.

[ajmarine111]

Why are we bombing Pakistan--don''''t we have enough to do in Iraq and Afganistan?

Posted by liberalme at 03:38 PM : Jun 13, 2008


I thought Pakistan was where OBL was?

[fixhist]

Coalition & US forces are using aerial bombers on civilian targets, No law on earth can justify this excessive force.

Yeh!, Tell me they were hitting terrorists,who brought down WTC towers on 911.

UN should setup inquiry committee for 911 & London 77, cooked up terrorism stories have developed enough cracks. WAR on Iraq & Afghanistan to kill Terrorists is not justified,resistance will continue till invading forces have their feet in there.

[liberalme]

Why are we bombing Pakistan--don''t we have enough to do in Iraq and Afganistan?

[Latrocinor]

and so it goes...

Posted by Inventagod2
.. .. ..
Yup, same thing from you every time.

[inventagod2]

''US denies attack''

''US apologizes for attack''

''US investigates attack''

''US troops charged in attacks''

US troops charges dismissed, declared innocent''


and so it goes...

[checkthepast]

"Pakistan condemned the bombing and some leaders suggested the government should rethink its close alliance with Washington. "

Great idea! Then political correctness won''t be required for maneuvers in the border region.