Did Pakistani soldiers shoot at U.S. helos?

Did Pakistani soldiers shoot at U.S. helos?
By Chris Brummitt - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Sep 23, 2008 5:48:30 EDT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — U.S. helicopters flew into Pakistan’s militant-infested border region, but returned to Afghanistan after troops and tribesmen opened fire, intelligence officials have said.

The U.S. denied Monday there was any incursion but the reports threatened new rifts between Washington and its key anti-terror ally days after a truck bomb killed 53 people at a luxury hotel in Islamabad.

Nuclear-armed Pakistan is under growing U.S. pressure to act against al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents sheltering in its border region and blamed for rising attacks on coalition troops in Afghanistan as well as suicide bombings in Pakistan.

U.S. officials believe that al-Qaida’s leaders, including Osama bin Laden, may be hiding somewhere along the border.

Late Monday, Dubai-based TV channel Al-Arabiya said it had received a tape from a shadowy group calling itself “Fedayeen Al-Islam” — Arabic for “Islam commandos” — claiming responsibility for Saturday’s bombing at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad and calling on Pakistan to end cooperation with the United States.


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uhc comment: How to tell if someone is shooting at you: there are small and large chunks of metal whizzing around you.