Chopper Escorting Musharraf Crashes

Source: ABC/Associated Press

Chopper Escorting Musharraf Crashes
Army Helicopter Escorting Musharraf Crashes in Kashmir, 4 Killed

By ROSHAN MUGHAL Associated Press Writer
MUJHOI, Pakistan Oct 8, 2007 (AP)

Share One of three helicopters escorting President Gen. Pervez Musharraf crashed in Pakistan's portion of Kashmir on Monday, killing four people on board, but the president was unhurt, officials said.

Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad blamed a "technical fault" for the crash of the military helicopter and said Musharraf had already reached his destination when the accident occurred.

The crash revives concern about the safety of the U.S.-allied general who has survived several assassination attempts. It happened two days after he secured a provisional victory in a controversial presidential election.
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The country's previous military ruler, Gen. Zia-ul Haq, died in an unexplained explosion on board a Pakistani military aircraft in 1988 along with U.S. Ambassador Arnold L. Raphael and several other top generals.






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Those Soviet leaders could never understand why American leaders trusted helicopters so much, IIRC.

That country would likely become uncontrollable in every sense of the word.